Beribi

As a village subdivision, Beribi is officially known in Malay as Kampung Beribi (Kampung is sometimes spelt as Kampung), which literally means 'Beribi Village'.

The area of Beribi is administered as a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the villages under Gadong 'B', a mukim or subdistrict of Brunei-Muara. As a village, its community is headed by a ketua kampung or village head.

Since 2007, with the spatial expansion of Bandar Seri Begawan's jurisdiction, Beribi has also been subsumed under the municipality.[1]

Beribi is also a designated postcode area with the postcode BE1118.[2]

The main campus of Kemuda Institute is located in Beribi; Kemuda Institute is one of the few private, post-secondary institutions providing vocational courses.

There is a government primary school in Beribi, namely Beribi Telanai Primary School, which provides general primary education to the resident pupils. The Ugama or the Islamic religious primary education, which is compulsory for the Muslim pupils in the country, is also provided in Beribi at Beribi Religious School.

The main commercial activity in Beribi is located at the Beribi Industrial area. The area is managed by the Darussalam Enterprise or DARe, a statutory body, which provides infrastructural facilities for light industry- and services-related businesses.[3] The area comprises the Beribi Industrial Site and Complex, which provides land and building units respectively.[4][5]

Kampong Beribi Mosque is the primary mosque for the Muslim residents, mainly to fulfill the need for Jumu'ah or the congregational Friday prayers.[6] The mosque has congregational capacity of 500 at one time.[6]