Kampong Penanjong

Kampong Penanjong is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the district town Pekan Tutong. The population was 1,856 in 2021.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Pekan Tutong, a mukim in the district.

Kampong Penanjong
Village
Kampong Penanjong Mosque
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°50′27″N 114°40′54″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimPekan Tutong
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,856
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
TA2741

Facilities

Penanjong Primary School is the village primary school; it was established in 1936.[2] There is also Penanjong Religious School which is the village school for the primary level of the country's Islamic religious education.

The current village mosque is Kampong Penanjong Mosque; it was inaugurated on 6 April 1984 and can accommodate 500 worshippers.[3] It replaced the former village mosque, Cahaya Derma Bakti Mosque, to accommodate the growing number of worshippers.[2] The former mosque had been inaugurated by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on 25 August 1961.[2]

Pantai Persiaran Pengkalan Pinang Penanjong is a recreational area on Penanjong Beach, the beach along the village's coast with the South China Sea.

References
  1. Department of Economic Planning & Statistics (October 2021). "ANNEX B" (PDF). deps.mofe.gov.bn. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. Puak Tutong: Sejarah dan Perkembangan Awal Sosio-Budaya (in Malay). Pusat Sejarah Brunei. 2004. pp. 57–60. OCLC 866690368.
  3. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Penanjong". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 1 October 2017.


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