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Brunei

Negara Brunei Darussalam

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014.903° N · 114.928° E
Place guide · Masjid Jame' Asr Hassanil BolkiahJame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

The royal mosque of Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei's 29th Sultan, completed in 1994 and distinguished by 29 golden domes — one for each chapter of the Quran — and four minarets.

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024.894° N · 114.939° E
Place guide · Kampong AyerKampong Ayer Water Village

A vast stilted settlement on the Brunei River across from Bandar Seri Begawan, home to approximately 30,000 people and claimed as the largest water village on Earth.

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034.583° N · 114.217° E
Place guide · Kuala BelaitKuala Belait

The second-largest town in Brunei and the historic centre of its oil and gas industry, stretching along the Belait River estuary where oil was first discovered in 1908.

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045.008° N · 115.049° E
Place guide · Jambatan Sultan Haji Omar Ali SaifuddienSultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge

Southeast Asia's longest bridge at approximately 30 km, crossing Brunei Bay to connect the main inhabited territories of Brunei with the isolated Temburong district, completed in 2020 after seven years of construction.

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054.888° N · 114.940° E
Place guide · Masjid Sultan Omar Ali SaifuddienSultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque

Brunei's national mosque, completed in 1958, set within an artificial lagoon in Bandar Seri Begawan, its golden domes and towering minaret defining the city skyline.

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064.567° N · 114.583° E
Place guide · Tasek MerimbunTasek Merimbun

Brunei's largest natural lake, a shallow blackwater lake in the Tutong district covering approximately 7,800 hectares and inscribed on UNESCO's Tentative List as a heritage park.

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