Kilanas

Kilanas is a settlement in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under the mukim of the same name in the district. The postcode for Kilanas is BF2520.[2][3]

For mukim (subdistrict), see Kilanas, Brunei-Muara.
Kilanas
Village
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°52′09″N 114°51′47″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictBrunei-Muara
MukimKilanas
Government
 • Village headMohd Rais Sabtu
Postcode
BF2520

Name

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

Administration

Kilanas is administered as a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the subdivisions under the mukim of the same name (Malay: Mukim Kilanas), which is a subdistrict of Brunei-Muara. The community of Kilanas is headed by a village head (Malay: ketua kampung) and the incumbent is Mohd Rais bin Sabtu.[1][4] Kilanas is also a designated postcode area with the postcode BF2520.[2][3]

Education

Orang Kaya Setia Bakti Primary School is the public primary school which provides general primary education to the resident pupils of Kilanas. Meanwhile, Pengiran Anak Puteri Majeedah Nuurul Bolkiah Religious School is the ugama school in the area; the school provides Islamic religious primary education which is compulsory for Muslim children in the country.[5]

Also located in Kilanas is Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School, a public secondary school which provides general secondary education for the residents of Kilanas as well as the surrounding settlements.

Religion

Place of worship

There are two mosques in Kilanas, namely Kampong Kilanas Mosque and Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque. The former is the village mosque and where as the latter is designated as the mosque for the entire mukim of Kilanas.

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References
  1. "Host of goodies for 90 residents of Kg Kilanas, Kg Jangsak – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. "Brunei Postal Services - postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. "Kampong Kilanas, Kilanas, Brunei Muara: BF2520". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. "Help 'on the way' to repair Kg Kilanas home | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. "Brunei will remain a MIB-guided nation, thanks to religious education – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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