Kampong Lupak Luas

Village in Brunei-Muara, Brunei
Lupak Luas
Kampung Lupak Luas
Village
Lupas Luas on the foreground.
Lupas Luas on the foreground.
4°52′11″N 114°56′26″E / 4.869716°N 114.940467°E / 4.869716; 114.940467
CountryBrunei
DistrictBrunei-Muara
MukimLumapas
Government
 • Village headSuhaili Moktar[1]
Postcode
BJ2524

Kampong Lupak Luas (Malay: Kampung Lupak Luas) or simply known as Lupak Luas, is a village-level subdivision of Lumapas, a mukim (subdistrict) of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The postcode for the village is BJ2524.[2][3]

Name

Kampong Lupak Luas comes from the Malay name which translates as 'Lupak Luas Village'.

Transportation

Land

The village is connected by road named Jalan Sungai Assam.[4]

Infrastructure

A side path built on their own small branch of the Brunei River behind the bigger Kampong Burong Pingai Ayer, there are about a dozen water village dwellings in 2011.[4]

The village has a Chinese cemetery located on a private land (Lot 118,EDR 1267), which was to be gazetted as a cemetery that is not Islamic, overseen by the district government, and does not need tomb excavation or relocation in 2023.[5] In addition to this, an Islamic cemetery also sits in the village.[6]

The jogging track on Lupak Hill (Bukit Lupak) was finished on 25 May 2014, and it is now open for use.[7]

References

  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. 13.
  2. ^ "postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Kampong Lupak Luas, Lumapas, Brunei Muara: BJ2524". brn.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Step into the Past at Kampong Lupak Luas". Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  5. ^ "Officials visit Chinese cemetery » Borneo Bulletin Online". Officials visit Chinese cemetery. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  6. ^ Ibrahim, Haji (2012-03-07). "TANAH-TANAH PERKUBURAN ISLAM NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: KAYU BESAR TUMBANG DI TANAH PERKUBURAN ISLAM KAMPONG LUPAK LUAS, MUKIM SUNGAI KEBUN". TANAH-TANAH PERKUBURAN ISLAM NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  7. ^ Moktar, Hj Suhaili Hj (2014-05-24). "Aktiviti MPK Lupak Luas / Tarap Bau: MERINTIS/MEMBUKA TREK JOGGING BUKIT LUPAK LUAS". Aktiviti MPK Lupak Luas / Tarap Bau. Retrieved 2023-12-03.


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