Key facts
- Country
- Brunei
- Administrative centre
- Kuala Belait
- Mukims
- 8 (see Mukims )
- Type
- Municipality
- Body
- Belait District Office
- Do
- Amirol Hafidzin (Acting)
- Total
- 2,727 km (1,053 sq mi)
- Rank
- 1st in Brunei
- Highest elevation
- 417 m (1,368 ft)
- Density
- 24.03/km (62.24/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( BNT )
- Postcode
- K
- Website
- www.belait.gov.bn
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Belait District (Malay: Daerah Belait; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت) or simply known as Belait (buh-LEIT; Malay: [bəlait] ), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi) and the population of 65,531 as of 2021. The administrative town is Kuala Belait, located at the mouth of the 32 kilometres (20 mi) long Belait River. The district is commonly associated with the oil and gas industry of the country, mainly concentrated near the town of Seria.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belait District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.