Brunei

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Coordinates: 4°30′N 114°40′E / 4.500°N 114.667°E / 4.500; 114.667

Naition o Brunei, the Abode o Peace

Negara Brunei Darussalam (Rumi)
نڬارا بروني دارالسلام(Jawi)
Motto: 
  • الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى
  • Sentiasa membuat kebajikan dengan petunjuk Allah
  • "Alweys in service wi God's guidance"
Anthem

Location o  Brunei  (green) in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Location o  Brunei  (green)

in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]

Caipital
and largest city
Bandar Seri Begawan
4°53.417′N 114°56.533′E / 4.890283°N 114.942217°E / 4.890283; 114.942217
Offeecial leidsMalay[a]
Recognised
Inglis[b]
Ither leids
an local dialects[2][3]
Offeecial scripts
Ethnic groups
(2016[4])
Releegion
Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)Bruneian
GovrenmentUnitar Islamic absolute
monarchy
Hassanal Bolkiah
Al-Muhtadee Billah
Abdul Aziz Juned
LegislaturLegislative Cooncil
Formation
Aurie
• Total
5,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi) (164t)
• Water (%)
8.6
Population
• Jul 2015[5] estimate
417,200[5] (175t)
• Density
72.11/km2 (186.8/sq mi) (134t)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$33.376 billion[6] (116th)
• Per capita
$77,699[6] (5t)
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Tot
$13.002 billion[6] (111t)
• Per capita
$27,601[6] (25t)
HDI (2014)Increase 0.856[7]
verra heich · 31st
CurrencyBrunei dollar (BND)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Brunei Darussalam Time)
Drivin sideleft
Cawin code+673[c]
ISO 3166 codeBN
Internet TLD.bn[8]
  1. ^ Unner Airticle 82: "Official language" o the Constitution o Brunei, Malay is the offeecial leid.
  2. ^ Unner Airticle 82: "Official language" o the Constitution o Brunei, English is uised in offeecial documents (offeecial documents are bilingual; Malay an Inglis).[9]
  3. ^ An aa 080 frae East Malaysie.

Brunei (pronounced /bruːˈnaɪ/ (deprecatit template) in Inglis), offeecially the State o Brunei Darussalam or the Naition o Brunei, the Abode o Peace[10] (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: بروني دارالسلام), is a sovereign state locatit on the north coast o the island o Borneo, in Sootheast Asie. Apairt frae its coastline wi the Sooth Cheenae Sea, it is completely surroondit bi the state o Sarawak, Malaysie, an in fact it is separatitt intae twa pairts bi Limbang, which is pairt o Sarawak. It is the ae sovereign state completely on the island o Borneo, wi the remainder o the island belangin tae Malaysie an Indonesie.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Writing contest promotes usage, history of Jawi script Archived 12 Juin 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Brunei Times (22 October 2010)
  2. "Brunei". Ethnologue. 19 Februar 1999. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. "Call to add ethnic languages as optional subject in schools". Archived frae the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  4. "The World Factbook". CIA. Archived frae the original on 21 Julie 2015. Retrieved 28 Januar 2018.
  5. a b "National Statistics". depd.gov.bn. Archived frae the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 1 Julie 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. a b c d "Brunei". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 22 Januar 2016.
  7. "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  8. "Delegation Record for .BN". IANA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  9. "Constitution of Brunei Darussalam" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 15 October 2013.[deid airtin]
  10. Haggett, Peter (ed). Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 1, Marshall Cavendish, 2001, p. 2913. Available on Google Books.