Seria

Seria
Pekan Seria
ڤكن سریا
Clockwise from top left: Seria Town, Pekan Seria Mosque, Seria Energy Lab, Seria coast
Seria is located in Brunei
Seria
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°36′51″N 114°19′49″E / 4.614132°N 114.330246°E / 4.614132; 114.330246
CountryBrunei
DistrictBelait
MukimSeria
Municipality1936
Government
 • BodyKuala Belait and Seria
Municipal Board
 • Village headJamail Linap[1]
Area
 • Municipal area1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
2,659
Postcodes
KB1133, KB1233
Websitebandaran-kb.gov.bn

Seria[a] or officially known as Seria Town (Malay: Pekan Seria), is a town in Belait District, Brunei. It is located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.[4] The total population was 3,625 in 2016. It was where oil was first struck in Brunei in 1929 and has since become a centre for the country's oil and gas industry.[5]

  1. ^ BUKU DIREKTORI TELEFON PENGHULU-PENGHULU MUKIM DAN KETUA-KETUA KAMPUNG NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (PDF) (in Malay). Vol. 4. Brunei: Bahagian Perancangan Daerah, Ministry of Home Affairs. April 2024. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Annex B" (PDF). DEPS.MoFE.gov.bn. Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Economy. October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 3513. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
  4. ^ Ledesma, Charles de; Lewis, Mark; Savage, Pauline (2003). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Rough Guides. p. 599. ISBN 9781843530947.
  5. ^ "Location Overview – Brunei" (PDF). mod.uk/hive.


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