Bukit Sawat

Bukit Sawat ( Malay Mukim Bukit Sawat ) is a Mukim or administrative district of the Daerah Belait of Brunei . The Mukim is named after the village of the same name, Kampong Bukit Sawat . The name "Bukit" is the Malay word for hill and "Sawat" is possibly the name of a fruit.

geography

Districts in Belait

Bukit Sawat is located in the east of the Belait District and borders the Mukim Telisai ( Tutong (District) ) in the north, Mukim Ukong (Tutong) in the northeast, Mukim Rambai (Tutong) in the east, Mukim Sukang in the south, Mukim Labi in the west and Mukim Liang in the northwest.

Liang	North: Telisai Tutong (District)	Ukong Tutong (District)
West: Labi		East: Rambai Tutong
Southwest: Labi	South: Sukang	Southeast: Sukang

The county has no access to the South China Sea , but is only a few kilometers from the coast. It is located in the hinterland of Brunei, where dense rainforest predominates. The Andulau Forest Reserve and Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park are directly adjacent to the north and east, while the Labi Forest Reserve adjoins to the southwest and south . The Sungai Ubar (later "Sungai Tepangan"?) Is the most important river in the water-rich area. Hills are marked on maps, but they do not reach a height of more than 26  m

Administrative division

The Mukim Bukit Sawat consists of the localities:

• Kampong Sungai Mau
• Kampong Bisut
• Kampong Sungai Ubar
• Kampong Bukit Sawat
• Kampong Bukit Kandol
• Kampong Bukit Serawong
• Kampong Ubok-Ubok
• Kampong Labi Lakang
• Kampong Kagu
• Kampong Singap
• Kampong Merangking Ulu
• Kampong Merangking Hilir
• Kampong Laong Arut
• Kampong Tarap
• Kampong Bang Pukul
• Kampong Bang Tajuk
• Kampong Pulu Apil
• Kampong Pengkalan Siong
• Kampong Pengkalan Sungai Mau

Each of these localities has its own local council (ketua kampung).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ geonames.org .

Web links

• Informed Society program
• postcodequery

Coordinates: 4 ° 27 '  N , 114 ° 24'  E