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I have updated the populations using the latest government estimates.

Country overview: 

Short name	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
ISO code	BN
FIPS code	BX
Language	Malay
Time zone	+8
Capital	Bandar Seri Begawan

 

The Sultanate of Brunei was a British protectorate at the beginning of the 20th century. It became independent on 1983-12-31.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Brunei
2. Dutch: Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
3. English: State of Brunei Darussalam (formal), Brunei (informal)
4. Finnish: Brunei
5. French: Brunéi m Darussalam
6. German: Brunei n
7. Icelandic: Brúnei
8. Italian: Brunei
9. Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam (formal)
10. Norwegian: Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
11. Portuguese: Brunei m, Estado m do Brunei m Darussalam (formal)
12. Russian: Бруней, Государство Бруней-Даруссалам (formal)
13. Spanish: Brunéi Darussalam, "Estado m de Brunéi, Morada f de Paz f" (variant)
14. Swedish: Brunei
15. Turkish: Brunei Sultanlığı (formal)

Origin of name: 

Possibly from Sanskrit bhumi: land

Primary subdivisions: 

Brunei is divided into four daerah-daerah (sing. daerah: districts).

Division	HASC	FIPS	Post	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Belait	BN.BE	BX01	K	68,300	2,725	1,052	Kuala Belait
Brunei and Muara	BN.BM	BX02	B	290,100	570	220	Bandar Seri Begawan
Temburong	BN.TE	BX03	P	10,200	1,166	450	Bangar
Tutong	BN.TU	BX04	T	45,800	1,303	503	Tutong
4 divisions				414,400	5,765	2,226
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. If periods are replaced by hyphens, these are the same as the district codes from ISO standard 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Post: The new Brunei postal codes indicate the district by their first letter (see below). Population: 2010 estimate.

Postal codes: 

Brunei Darussalam uses postal codes (poskod) in the format "aannnn", where the a's represent letters and the n's are digits. The first letter determines the district, and the second letter determines the mukim, where the address is located.

Further subdivisions:

See the Mukims of Brunei Darussalam page.

Territorial extent: 

Temburong is separated from the rest of Brunei by part of Sarawak (Malaysia) and Brunei Bay. However, the bay is only about 10 km. wide, and Brunei claims a 12-mile limit. Therefore, it's possible to go from Temburong to the rest of Brunei without leaving the country's territorial waters. Brunei and Muara contains the island of Pulau Muara Besar.

Change history: 

1970-10-05: Name of national capital changed from Brunei to Bandar Seri Begawan.

Other names of subdivisions: 

Brunei and Muara: Brunei-Muara (variant)

Population history:

Division	1947-11-24	1971-08-10	1981-08-26	1991-08-07	2001-08-21	2010 (est.)
Belait	12,567	42,400	50,768	52,957	55,602	68,300
Brunei and Muara	18,531	72,800	114,231	170,107	230,030	290,100
Temburong	2,712	5,200	6,218	7,688	8,563	10,200
Tutong	6,847	15,900	21,615	29,730	38,649	45,800
4 divisions	40,657	136,256	192,832	260,482	332,844	414,400

 

Total population at the census of 1960-08-09 was 83,877.

Sources: 

1. [1] Details of the Brunei postal code scheme were found on the Brunei Post Office website, at http://www.brunet.bn/gov/post/poskod/skimkod.htm (in Malay), dead link (retrieved 1999-05-29).
2. [2] Brunei Darussalam Statistical Yearbook 2010 . Department of Economic Planning and Development, 2010. (Retrieved 2011-11-26.)
3. [3] Demographic Yearbook , 7th Ed. Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1955 (retrieved 2011-08-20).
4. [4] City Population  website (retrieved 2011-11-26).