Lubok Pulau

Lubok Pulau is a village in Tutong District, Brunei. It is a village subdivision under the mukim (subdistrict) of Tanjong Maya.[1]

Lubok Pulau
Village
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°45′51″N 114°39′49″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimTanjong Maya
Government
 • Village headAbdul Rahman Samad
Postcode
TD2541

Administration

Lubok Pulau is a village which is the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the village subdivisions under Tanjong Maya, a mukim or subdistrict in Tutong District.[1] The community of Lubok Pulau is headed by a village head (Malay: ketua kampung) and the incumbent is Abdul Rahman bin Samad;[2] he also oversees the residents in the neighbouring Bukit Sibut.

Lubok Pulau is also a designated postcode area with the postcode TD2541.[3][4]

Education

Lubok Pulau Primary School is a government school which provides general primary education for the resident pupils of Bukit Beruang and Bukit Sibut. It also shares grounds with Lubok Pulau Religious School, which provides the ugama (literally 'religion') or Islamic religious primary education; it is compulsory for Muslim pupils in the country.[5]

Religion

Place of worship

Kampong Lubok Pulau Mosque is the village mosque and enables the Muslim residents to conduct the Jumu'ah or Friday prayers as well as other congregational prayers and communal religious activities. It was opened in August 1995 and can accommodate 800 worshippers.[6]

References
  1. "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Village head lauds upgrade project | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. "Brunei Postal Services - postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. "Kampong Lubok Pulau, Tanjong Maya, Tutong: TD2541 | Brunei Postcode". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. "Brunei will remain a MIB-guided nation, thanks to religious education – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Lubok Pulau". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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