Kampong Ayer
Kampung Ayer is a prominent traditional settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: historical settlement area in Brunei
- Also known as: “Kampung Ayer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gadong Complex and Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College.
Gadong Complex
Photo: Kurun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kampong Pengkalan Gadong or commonly known as Gadong, is a village in Brunei–Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood and commercial area in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.
Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College
College
The Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College, colloquially known as Maktab Duli, is a government sixth form college located at Jalan Pasar Gadong in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
Language and Literature Bureau
Building
Photo: Lord Mountbatten, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Language and Literature Bureau is the Bruneian language authority of the country's official language Malay. It is also the operator of public libraries in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bandar Seri Begawan and Kampong Sungai Akar.
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area with an area of 100.36 square kilometres and an estimated population of 64,409 as of 2025.
Kampong Sungai Akar
Village
Kampong Sungai Akar or commonly known as Sungai Akar, is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 5,467 in 2016. Kampong Sungai Akar is situated 6 km northeast of Kampong Ayer.
Manggis
Neighborhood
Kampong Manggis is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, as well as a neighbourhood in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 4,229 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'B'. The postcode is BC3615. Manggis is situated 7 km northeast of Kampong Ayer.
Kampong Ayer
- Categories: human settlement, stilt house, and body of water
- Location: Brunei, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Betawi to Western Panjabi—“Kampong Ayer” goes by many names.
- Betawi: “Kampong Ayer”
- Betawi: “Kampung Ayer”
- Chinese: “甘榜亞逸”
- Dutch: “Kampong Ayer”
- French: “Kampong Ayer”
- Galician: “Kampong Ayer”
- German: “Kampong Ayer”
- German: “Kampung Air”
- Hebrew: “קמפונג אייר”
- Indonesian: “Kampong Ayer”
- Japanese: “カンポン・アイール”
- Korean: “캄퐁아예르”
- Lithuanian: “Kampong Ajeras”
- Malay: “Kampong Ayer”
- Malay: “Kampung Ayer”
- Persian: “کامپونگ آیر”
- Polish: “Kampong Ayer”
- Russian: “Кампонг-Айер”
- Ukrainian: “Кампонг Аєр”
- Ukrainian: “Кампонг-Аєр”
- Vietnamese: “Kampong Ayer”
- Western Panjabi: “کیمپونگ آئر”
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