About BRUNEI
Brunei (brunai), officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
(Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: نڬارا بروني دارالسلام, Arabic: دولة بروناي،
دار السلام),
is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in
Southeast Asia.
Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is
completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, and it is separated
into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. It is the only sovereign
state completely on the island of Borneo, with the remainder of the island
belonging to Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was 401,890 in July
2011.
Economic
Brunei has the second highest Human Development Index among
the South East Asia nations after Singapore, and is classified as a developed
country. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Brunei is ranked
5th in the world by gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power
parity. The IMF also states in a 2011 estimate that Brunei was one of two
countries (the other being Libya) with their public debt at 0% of the national
GDP. Forbes also ranks Brunei as the fifth richest nation out of 182 nations
due to its extensive petroleum and natural gas fields.
Subdivision
Brunei is divided into four districts (daerah).
Belait,Tutong,Brunei-Muara,Temburong
Brunei is a southeast Asian country consisting of two
unconnected parts with the total area of 5,765 square kilometres (2,226 sq mi).
It has 161 kilometres (100 mi) of coastline next to the South China sea, and it
shares a 381 km (237 mi) border with Malaysia. It has 500 square kilometres
(193 sq mi) of territorial waters, and an 200 nautical mile exclusive economic
zone.
About 97% of the population lives in the larger western part
(Belait, Tutong, and Brunei-Muara), while only about 10,000 people live in the
mountainous eastern part (Temburong District). The total population of Brunei
is approximately 408,000 as of July 2010, of which around 150,000 live in the capital
Bandar Seri Begawan.
Other major towns are
the port town of Muara, the oil producing town of Seria and its neighboring
town, Kuala Belait. In Belait District, the Panaga area is home to large
numbers of expatriates due to Royal Dutch Shell and British Army housing and
several recreational facilities are located there.
Most of Brunei is within the Borneo lowland rain forests
ecoregion that covers most of the island but there are areas of mountain rain
forests inland.
The climate of Brunei is tropical equatorial.[21] The
average annual temperature is 26.1 °C (79.0 °F), with the April–May average of
24.7 °C (76.5 °F) and the October–December average of 23.8 °C (74.8 °F).