Habitation on the banks of the Brunei River can be traced back to the 8th century where there had been settlements similar to those in Kt, located on areas close to the present site of the Brunei Museum.

* Brunei Maritime Museum: open soon in year 2010

The Natural History Department of Brunei Museum and the Asian Wetland Bureau ( Interwader Programme ) conducted a joint study of the littoral ecosystem in Brunei Estuary in 1986.

In the capital of Brunei — Bandar Seri Begawanبندر سري بغاوان, there was a Jalan Ong Sum Ping ( Arabic: سارع ونغ سوم بينغ ), and the Muzium Brunei also contained artifacts of Ong Sum Ping.

Brunei joined ASEAN on January 7, 1984, one week after resuming full independence, and gives its ASEAN membership the highest priority in its foreign relations.

The U. S. welcomed Brunei Darussalam's full independence from the United Kingdom on January 1, 1984, and opened an embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan on that date.

The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1 % of Borneo's land area.

During the great fire, hotspots could be seen on satellite images and the haze thus created affected the surrounding countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

The members of the P4 ( Chile, Singapore, New Zealand, and Brunei ) also plan to conclude a chapter on finance and investment in 2008.

good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay ; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei ; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations

Disputes-international: maritime boundary with Cambodia not defined ; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), Republic of China ( ROC ), Malaysia, Philippines, and possibly Brunei ; maritime boundary with Thailand resolved in August 1997 ; maritime boundary dispute with the PRC in the Gulf of Tonkin resolved in 2000 ; Paracel Islands occupied by the PRC but claimed by Vietnam and the ROC ; offshore islands and sections of boundary with Cambodia are in dispute ; agreement on land border with the People's Republic of China was signed in December 1999.

* 5, 770 km < sup > 2 </ sup > — Brunei, country on the island of Borneo

Wearing swim suits, fins, and dive masks on combat operations, these " Naked Warriors " saw action across the Pacific in every major amphibious landing including: Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, Ulithi, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and on 4 July 1945 at Balikpapan on Borneo, which was the last UDT demolition operation of the war.

The history of Brunei before the arrival of Magellan's ships is based mostly on speculation and the interpretation of Chinese sources and local legends.

The greater part of the official historical record for early Brunei until the arrival of Pigafetta is based on legends and assumptions.

From 1565 on, Spanish and Brunei forces engaged in a number of naval skirmishes, and in 1571 the Spanish succeeded in capturing Manila from the Brunei aristocracy that had been established there.

They were so weakened by the illness that they decided to abandon Brunei to return to Manila on 26 June 1578, after just 72 days.

Seri Begawan was named after the Sultan's late father Omar Ali Saifuddien on 5 October 1970, its original name being Bandar Brunei or Brunei Town.

Bandar Seri Begawan is located at 4 ° 53 ' 25 " N, 114 ° 56 ' 32 " E, on the northern bank of the Brunei River.

:: Located away from on the banks of Sungei Brunei behind the department store Soon Lee Megamart at Mile One, Jalan Tutong, the Royal Mausoleum and the graveyard have been used by succeeding generations of sultans.

Located on an archaeological site at Kota Batu, Brunei museum is the largest in the country.

The climate in Brunei is tropical equatorial and humid subtropical at higher altitudes with heavy rainfall.

Brunei is located at the Pacific Ring of Fire with Earthquakes regions.

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Brunei Darussalam at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of Bruneian Dollars.

Its economy size is slightly bigger than Israel and Ireland and its GDP per capita at purchasing power parity is the 6th highest globally in 2011, more than United States and Netherlands and slightly lower than the Brunei.

This issue was resolved along with several other disputes with the sealing and signing of letters of exchange by Abdullah and the Sultan Sultan Hasannal Bolkiah of Brunei at Istana Nurul Iman.

The Brunei dollar and the Singapore dollar are maintained at parity.

The wife of Ong Sum Ping was also buried in Brunei at a location which the local Malays called Bukit Cina.

According to the record of the Silsilah Raja-raja Sulu, when Ong Sum Ping first arrived at Brunei with many Chinese, he said that he was ordered to collect jewelry in Sabah, and the mountain was named Gunung Kinabalu.

At the end of Bolkiah's reign, in 1521, the first Europeans visited Brunei when Ferdinand Magellan's expedition arrived at the port.

* The Brunei History Center-Located at Jalan Sultan next to the Royal Regalia building is the Brunei history center.

A flow chart giving the entire lineage of the Brunei sultans can be found at the entrance.

Brunei Darussalam's sculpture at Persiaran Damuan.

Major grocery stores in Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Australia, United States and Canada have a variety of dim sum stocked at the shelves.

Previously, only Emirates Airline, Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Royal Brunei Airlines flights may check-in at KL CAT before boarding the train.

The entrance to the Brunei Gallery, located at SOAS's Russell Square campus

Royal Brunei Airlines recently won an award for ‘ Best Foreign Airline ’ under the category “ Award For Best Airlines ” at the Sabah Tourism Awards 2011.

After the independence of Brunei from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984, services commenced to Jakarta on 3 January, thus linking all five ASEAN capital cities at the time – Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore – to Brunei.

Formed in 1974 with an initial fleet of two aircraft, serving Singapore, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, Royal Brunei Airlines now operates a fleet of 9 aircraft to 14 destinations in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia.

Several countries have set up their consulate in Kota Kinabalu including Australia, Brunei, Finland, Indonesia, Japan and Sweden.

Victoria, also Bandar Labuan in Malay, is the major town and faces Brunei Bay ; access is via ferry service to Brunei and Kota Kinabalu, as well as Labuan Airport

Pengiran Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien was born at Istana Kota, Kampong Sultan Lama, Brunei Town on 3 Zulkaedah 1332 Hijrah, corresponding to 23 September 1914.

In 1963, it opened an office in Brunei and later in 1977, it opened two offices in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

Flights were also introduced from Singapore to cities in the Borneo Territories including Brunei, Jesselton ( now Kota Kinabalu ), Kuching, Sandakan and Sibu.

There is a local bus network as well as buses linking Lawas with Kota Kinabalu ( Sabah ), Miri ( Sarawak ) and Brunei.

Had the federation been formed, the capital city would probably have been chosen from Kuching ( capital of Sarawak ), Jesselton ( present-day Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah ) or Bandar Brunei ( present-day Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei and the historical capital of the region ).