Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan, (Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان ) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Sultanate o Brunei.
History [edit]
Habitation on the banks o the Brunei River can be traced back tae the 7t century whaur there haed been settlements similar tae those in Kampong Ayer, locatit on auries close tae the present site o the Brunei Museum.
Seri Begawan wis named efter the Sultan's late faither Sir Omar Ali Saifuddien on 5 October 1970, its oreeginal name being Bandar Brunei. Begawan is a name given tae Bruneian monarchs who hae abdicatit, oreeginally comin frae the Sanskrit wird for "god": भगवान bhagavān. Seri an aa comes frae the honorific Sanskrit wird Sri. Bandar, comes frae Persian بندر via Indian leids an means "port" or "haven" (bandar means "toun" in Malay).
On 1 August 2007, The Sultan o Brunei gave consent for the extension o Bandar Seri Begawan frae 12.87 square kilometres tae 100.36 square kilometres.
