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  Brunei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei consists of two unconnected parts; 97% of the population lives in the larger western part, only about 10,000 live in the mountainous eastern part, the district of Temburong.
Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion although it became a more prominent player by serving as chairman for the 2000 APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum.
Islam is the official religion of Brunei, and the sultan is the head of the religion in the country.
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 Encyclopedia: Brunei
Brunei also claims territory in Sarawak and is one of many nations to lay claim to the disputed Spratly Islands.
Temburong is the eastern-most district (daerah) in Brunei.
Tutong is a district (daerah) in Brunei, as.
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 Brunei: The Abode of Peace
Brunei is also not alone among its neighbors in possessing significant reserves of oil: however its combination of small population and large oil revenues has allowed it to achieve the highest per capita income in all of Southeast Asia.
Brunei's land boundaries are somewhat unusual: the country consists of two separate tracts embedded within the East Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Thus the first three sultans of Brunei represent the important contributions to the country that have been made by the Malays and the Islamic religion (symbolically represented by the Arabic Sharif Ali, said to be a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad), as well as by the Chinese and local peoples.
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 AllRefer.com - Brunei (Malaysia And Singapore Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Brunei is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
A native sultanate was established on Brunei in the 15th cent.
Brunei was affected by the 1997–98 Asian economic crisis, losing billions of dollars in investments.
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 Brunei Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
Geography is also the title of various historical books on this subject, notably the Geographia by Klaudios Ptolemaios (2nd century).
Geography is much more than cartography, the study of maps, nor is it the study of 'capes and bays'.
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 Geography of Brunei -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei shares a 381 km border with (A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957) Malaysia and has a 161 km coastline.
The (The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time) climate in Brunei is hot, humid and tropical with heavy (Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere) rainfall.
Most of the country is a flat (A plain adjacent to a coast) coastal plain with (A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill) mountains in the east and hilly lowland in the west.
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 SESRTCIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei Darussalam is located on the North-west of the island of Borneo, facing the South China Sea, and is bordered by Malaysia with the exception of the northern coastline.
Brunei Darussalam’s terrain is made up of a flat coastal plain rising to the mountains in the East.
Brunei Darussalam is the third largest oil producer in South Asia and the world’s fourth largest producer of liquefied natural gas.
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 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Asia - Map of Brunei
The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th centuries when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines.
Brunei subsequently entered a period of decline brought on by internal strife over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and piracy.
Brunei benefits from extensive petroleum and natural gas fields, the source of one of the highest per capita GDPs in the developing world.
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 Brunei biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Sultanate of Brunei, more commonly referred to as Brunei Darussalam or simply Brunei, is an oil-rich country located on the island of Borneo, in southeast Asia.
Brunei is one of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Sultan of Brunei, whose title has passed within the same dynasty since the 14th century, is the head of state and head of government in Brunei.
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 BruDirect - Brunei Geography
Brunei Darussalam lies on the northwest coast of Borneo island Where it faces the South China Sea.
Brunei is not directly in the path of tropical storms, cyclones and typhoons that pass through the South China Sea.
Within the Brunei border are 33 islands with a total area of 7,939 hectares or 1.4 per cent of the total land area.
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 Brunei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Sultanate of Brunei, more commonly referred to as Brunei Darussalam or simply Brunei, is a petroleum-rich country located on the island of Borneo, in southeast Asia.
Brunei is one of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
A garrison of Gurkha soldiers are still stationed in Brunei on the Sultan's payroll to protect the oil fields in the West of the country.
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 1Up Travel : Brunei Geography and Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei is made up of two distinguishable sections, an estimated of 30km (19 miles) apart.
The Eastern Brunei consists of a coastal plain rising to a height of 1841m (6038ft) at Bukit Pagon while Western Brunei is composed of hilly lowlands.
Although greatly reduced in size since its heyday of the 16th century, the Sultanate of Brunei sits atop extensive petroleum and natural gas fields, the source of one of the highest per capita GDPs in the less developed countries.
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 Universiti Brunei Darussalam - mainpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Geography is a multi-disciplinary subject encompassing both the natural and social sciences.
At the undergraduate level, the Department of Geography is currently one of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the university.
Traditionally, geography graduates are well suited to work as officers in government departments dealing in resource development; planning and settlement; trade and industry; transport and communication; and environmental protection and conservation.
www.ubd.edu.bn /academic/faculty/fass/dept/geo   (955 words)

  
 Windows on Asia
Brunei Darussalam is a small nation located in the northwest section of the island of Borneo, and is bordered on three sides by the Malaysian State of Sarawak.
Brunei is a party to international agreements protecting the ozone layer and the sea from pollution.
The people of Brunei are mainly the Malays (68 percent) followed by the Chinese (15 percent) and several indigenous peoples as the Kadazan (Kedazan), Murut, Bisayah, and Iban.
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 Brunei - General Info
Brunei is located in the northwestern coast of the island of Borneo with a land area of 5,765 kilometers.
Brunei is a monarchy and the head of the country is the Sultan.
Brunei is a Muslim country and has a Ministry of Religious Affairs to foster and to promote Islam.
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 Brunei Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei is located in south-east Asia on the nothern coast of Borneo almost completely surrounded by Malaysia.
Brunei is close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Brunei has 13 km of railroads, 1,090 km of highways and 209 km of inland waterways.
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 The Extraordinary Sultanate of Brunei -- ThingsAsian Article
Brunei was also a major sea power, dominating all of Borneo in the sixteenth century.
Brunei owns the least exploited jungles of Southeast Asia; rainforests cover eighty percent of Brunei's compact 5,700 square kilometers, the world's highest percentage, of which sixty percent are virgin.
The marriage between one of these men and a daughter of a Malaysian sultan marked the inception of Brunei's monarchy in the fifteenth century, one of hundreds that proliferated throughout the Malay archipelago at that time and of which Brunei is the sole flourishing survivor.
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 Brunei Darussalam - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Brunei Darussalam (Brunei, Abode of Peace) is a Sultanate, which occupies 5 765 square kilometres on the north-west corner of the island of Borneo.
Brunei is ruled by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the 29th in one of the oldest continuous lines of monarchy in the world.
The Brunei Government is seeking to diversify the economy away from oil and gas as the primary source of revenue and activity by promoting private sector development in non-oil and gas industries.
www.dfat.gov.au /geo/brunei/brunei_brief.html   (3599 words)

  
 Brunei Garrison - Food   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei Garrison HIVE is located in the Community Centre next to Istana Café and Thrift Shop, which is situated adjacent to Seria Service Children's School on Istana Patch Married Quarter area.
Brunei Garrison HIVE together with all HIVE's, have a close working relationship with Families Officer's, Army Welfare Service and SSAFA.
Brunei Garrison can also provide assistance from a Padre and Relate via the UK should these services be required.
www.army.mod.uk /brunei/food.htm   (1002 words)

  
 World Factbook Brunei, Brunei Map, Map of Brunei, Information on Brunei, Location of Brunei
Brunei is located on the northern coast of the island of Borneo, in eastern Asia, bounded on the north by the South China Sea, and on all other sides by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which also divides the country into two parts.
Brunei consists of a narrow coastal plain and a hilly interior.
Brunei has a humid, tropical climate, with an average annual temperature of about 27°C. The country experiences heavy annual rainfall, more so, during the monsoon.
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 International Conference on Globalisation and Planning
Brunei Darussalam, or the Abode of Peace, is a small peaceful nation with a cosmopolitan population of around 300,000 people (60% Malay groups).
Brunei Darussalam is presently experiencing a mixed range of benefits and problems as a consequence of opening itself to the world.
This slogan for the Visit Brunei Year campaign in 2001 was apt because Brunei remains mysterious beneath its lush tropical rainforests, history of a kingdom stretching more than 500 years, and tales of unimaginable wealth.
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 Brunei Garrison Home page
Brunei is situated on the North West coast, of the island of Borneo.
Brunei has a common border with Sarawak, one of two Eastern States of Malaysia, which also divides Brunei into two parts.
Subsequent to the 1962 troubles, a Gurkha Battalion from the British Army has been maintained in Brunei at the request of HM The Sultan.
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 Brunei Tours | Brunei Tour Guide | iExplore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei is a small coastal state just 443km (277 miles) north of the equator in the northwest corner of Borneo, bounded on all landward sides by Sarawak (Malaysia), which splits Brunei into two parts.
Brunei is a small coastal state just 443km (277 miles) north of the equator in the northwest corner of Borneo, bordered on all landward sides by Sarawak (Malaysia), which splits Brunei into two parts.
The state is made up of four districts: Brunei-Muara (the capital district), Tutong and Belait (Brunei’s center of oil and gas exploitation, in the west of the country); and Temburong, the eastern district, which has large areas of virgin rainforest.
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 Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brunei Darussalam is a coastal country situated in the northwestern coast of the island of Borneo and facing the South China Sea with a land area about 5,765 square kilometres with a coastline of about 130 kilometres, 443 kilometres north of the equator.
To its north, Brunei Darussalam has a coastline of about 130 kilometres facing the South China Sea.
It is dominated by mountainous terrain raising to 1,839 metres at Bukit Pagon.
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 Asia Hotels, Travel & Tour Reservation Services :: Brunei ::
Brunei is located in the northwestern coast of the island of Borneo.
The eastern district of Temburong is more mountainous and has a land area of 1,288 sq.
There are 4 main rivers that channel into the 4 districts of Temburong, Belait, Tutong and Brunei.
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 Brunei - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Uniform temperature ranges are between 27 to 32 degrees Celsius (81 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit) with the average annual precipitation varying from 2,400 mm (95 inches) in the lowlands areas to 4,000 mm (158 inches) in the interior.
On Oct. 5, 1992 Brunei celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Sultan's accession to the throne, the biggest event since the country's independence in 1984.
Also during 1993, Japan and Brunei renewed their expiring 20-year agreement to supply Japan with their entire liquefied natural gas output and Brunei and Malaysia agreed to establish a joint border committee to discuss boundary disputes involving the Limbang salient, Sarawak, and offshore economic zones.
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 Brunei Map, Buy Brunei Maps, Buy Brunei travel book, Map of Brunei, Buy Brunei travel guide, Maptown Ltd.
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About the size of Delaware, Brunei is an independent sultanate on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, wedged between the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.
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 Transnational Issues Of Brunei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 World Travel Guide - Brunei Darussalam - General Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
GEOGRAPHY: Brunei is a small coastal state just 443km (277 miles) north of the equator in the northwest corner of Borneo, bordered on all landward sides by Sarawak (Malaysia), which splits Brunei into two parts.
The state is made up of four districts: Brunei-Muara (the capital district), Tutong and Belait (Brunei’s centre of oil and gas exploitation, in the west of the country); and Temburong, the eastern district, which has large areas of virgin rainforest.
The islands in Brunei Bay fall within the Brunei-Muara or Temburong districts.
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