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Brunei
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WhereisBrunei
AsmallIslamicsultanate,Bruneiisoneofthefewremainingcountriesintheworldwithoutpersonalincometax.LocatedonthenorthwesterncoastoftheislandofBorneo,itwasapowerfulstateinthe16thcentury,withauthorityoverthewholeisland.Area2,226squaremiles(5,765squarekilometers).PopulaHon(2017est.)428,000.ThesultanateisboundedonthenorthbytheSouthChinaSeaandonitslandlockedsidesbytheMalaysianstateofSarawak.ThegeographicposiHonofSarawakalsodividesBruneiintotwoseparateporHons.
BruneiisasmallIslamicsultanatelocatedonthenorthwesterncoastoftheislandofBorneo.ItisboundedbytheSouthChinaSeaandtheMalaysianstateofSarawak.SarawakalsodividesBruneiintotwoseparateporHons.
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BasicFacts• Officialname:NegaraBrunei
Darussalam(StateofBruneiDarussalam)
• Formofgovernment:monarchy(sultanate)withoneadvisorybody
• Headofstateandgovernment:SultanandPrimeMinisterSirHajiHassanalBolkiahMuʿizzaddinWaddaulah
• Capital:BandarSeriBegawan • Officiallanguage:Malay• Officialreligion:Islam• Monetaryunit:Bruneidollar(B$)3• Popula<on:428,000
• Popula<onrank:176• Totalarea(sqmi):2,226• Density:personspersqmi:192.3• Urban-ruralpopula<on
Urban:77.2%Rural:22.8%
• LifeexpectancyatbirthMale:74.8yearsFemale:79.6years
• Literacy: Male:97.5% Female:94.5%• GNIpercapita(U.S.$):30,516
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Land&Climate• Densetropicalrainforestscoverthreefourthsofthecountry• TheBelaitisthelargestriverinthecountry.• Bruneiisreallyaffectedbyequatorialmonsoons,orrain-bearingwinds.
• RainfallisheavyandisdistributedthroughouttheyearwithannualprecipitaHonrangingfrom100inchesonthecoasttomorethan200inchesintheinterior.
• Temperaturesaveragebetween76°and86° F
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• Brunei’smammalsincludeproboscismonkeys,leafmonkeys,pigtailmacaques,gibbons,sunbears,sambardeer,pangolinsandbat
• AmongBrunei’smostnotablebirdsareitsarguspheasantsandhornbills.
• ManyrepHles,includingthelargereHculatedpython,inhabitthecountry’sswampsandwoodlands.
Animals
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Economy• AlmostallofBrunei’seconomyis
basedontheexploitaHonofpetroleumandnaturalgas
• Agriculture,fishing,andforestrywereoncethethecenterofBrunei’seconomy,buthavedeclinedinimportanceagerthediscoveryofpetroleumresourcesinthe1920s(accounHngforjust1percentofexports)
• Bruneireliesonimportsfornearlyallitsmanufacturedgoodsandmostofitsfood
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People
• Nearlytwo-thirdsofthepopulaHonisMalay• Brunei’spopulaHonispredominantlySunniMuslim• Abouttwo-thirdsofthepopulaHonliveinandaroundBandarSeriBegawan,thecapital– AlongsidethemodernsecHonofthecapitalistheoldersecHonknownasKampongAyer,wherepeopleliveinsmallhousesonsHltsalongtheinletsoftheriver
• MosttransportaHonisalongtheriversasroadcondiHonsaresopoor
• Becauseoftheoil-basedeconomyBruneiisoneoftherichestcountriesinSoutheastAsia
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EarlyHistory
• 500’sAD,BruneiisknownasitsownenHtyandbegantradingwithChina
• 1300sBruneiisintroducedtoHinduismthroughtheMajapahitempire,basedinJava.
• 1521FerdinandMagellanlandsinBruneiin1521• 1800sBrunei’spowersubsequentlydeclinedduetointernalstrife
andthesessionofneighboringSarawaktotheBriHsh• BruneibecameaBriHshprotectoratein1888,andin1906
administraHonwasvestedinaBriHshresident,whoseadvicethesultanwasboundtoaccept.
• 1929StartofoilproducHonandBrunei’srevivalstartsin1929.• 1941–45,duringWorldWarII,Bruneiwasoccupiedbythe
Japanese.TheBriHshreturnedagerthewar,andnegoHaHonsbeganforitseventualindependence
Brunei’sflagun-l1906.YellowistheroyalcolorinBornei
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ModernHistory• 1959Brunei’sselfgovernmentbeganand
itadoptedawrikenconsHtuHon,• 1967SultanOmarAliSaifuddienabdicatedinfavourofhiseldest
son,HassanalBolkiahMuʿizzaddinWaddaulah,• 1970sBrunei’seconomyflourishedasoneoftheworld’swealthiest
(onapercapitabasis)oilproducers.• Jan.1,1984BruneigainedindependenceandanIslamicsultanate
wasproclaimed• 1995TheBruneiNaHonalUnitedPartywasallowedtooperate
(agerbeingshutdowninthemid-1980s)andafewyearslaterwasjoinedbytwonewparHes
• 2004ThesultanreconvenedtheLegislaHveCouncil,whichhadnotmetin20years,todiscussconsHtuHonalamendments.
• 2009AgreementreachedoverthedisputedLimbangterritorysplinngBrunei.BruneidroppeditsclaimonLimbangandMalaysiadroppeditsclaimtooil-richareasintheSouthChinaSea
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Interes<ngfacts
• Bruneiisamongthelargestconsumersoffishpercapitaintheworld
• CiHzensinBruneireceivefreeeducaHonandmedicalservicesfromthegovernment.
• Bruneihasoneofthehighestcar-ownershiprates(roughlyonecarpereverytwopeople)intheworld.
• Bruneiansdon’tpointusingtheirindexfingers;thisisconsideredimpolite.Theypointwiththeirthumbsinstead.