Penapar

Penapar is a village in Tutong District, Brunei, in the mukim (subdistrict) of Tanjong Maya.[1] The incumbent village head (Malay: ketua kampung) is Mahmud bin Abdul Latif.[2] Penapar has the postcode TD1741.[3][4]

Penapar
Village
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°43′11″N 114°40′06″E
CountryBrunei
DistrictTutong
MukimTanjong Maya
Government
 • Village headMahmud Latif
Postcode
TD1741

Name

Penapar is officially known in Malay as Kampung Penapar ("kampung" is sometimes spelt as "kampong"), which means 'Penapar Village'.

Geography

Penapar is a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the villages in Tanjong Maya, a mukim or subdistrict of Tutong District.[1]

Education

Penapar Primary School is a government school which provides general primary education to the resident pupils of Penapar. It also shares grounds with Penapar Religious School, also a government school but provides ugama or Islamic religious primary education which is compulsory for Muslim pupils in the country.[5]

Infrastructure

Place of worship

Kampong Penapar Mosque is the village mosque which enables the Muslim residents for conducting Jumu'ah or Friday prayers as well as other congregational prayers and communal religious activities. The mosque was inaugurated by Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, in 1991.[6] It can accommodate 200 worshippers.[6]

References
  1. "Tutong District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Police meet with village heads from Tutong, Belait – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. "Brunei Postal Services - postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. "Kampong Penapar, Tanjong Maya, Tutong: TD1741 | Brunei Postcode". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. "Brunei will remain a MIB-guided nation, thanks to religious education – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Penapar". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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