Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata should not be confused with Kampong Mata-Mata.
Perpindahan Mata-Mata | |
Settlement Type: | Village and public housing estate |
Pushpin Map: | Brunei |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brunei |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brunei |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Brunei-Muara |
Subdivision Type2: | Mukim |
Subdivision Name2: | Gadong 'B' |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1983 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Ha: | 173.2584 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 2,385 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BNT |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | BE1918 |
Official Name: | Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata |
Leader Title: | Village head |
Leader Name: | Pengiran Muhammad Nurramzu Nazri[1] |
Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata or simply known as Perpindahan Mata-Mata, is a public housing estate and designated village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The population was 2,385 in 2016.[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong 'B'. The postcode is BE1918.[3]
The village was originally known as Merlimau. It could be named after a neighboring village, Kampong Mata-Mata. The additional name of Perpindahan translates to Transfer.[4]
Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata was established in 1983 as one of the settlement areas under the relocation program in the 20th century, which is a government program for Kampong Ayer residents to move and settle on land. This village is also for the resettlement of people in several villages who lost their homes due to a fire. The residents who started moving to the village in early 1983 were in stages. The people who first moved to this village were from Kampong Sumbiling Lama, then followed by Kampong Sumbiling Baru. Only the head of the family was given free and his children paid monthly, Kampong Sungai Kedayan and Kampong Sultan Lama which is the neighborhood in Kampong Ayer, as well as Kampong Pulau Baru-Baru and Kampong Pulau Berbunut at the mouth of the Brunei River and Kampong Bunut in Mukim Kilanas.
Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata is located in the middle of the Brunei-Muara District, which is in the West of Bandar Seri Begawan. The village neighbors Kampong Mata-Mata in the East and the Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati (STKRJ) Mata-Mata in the West.
There are 210 houses in Perpindahan Mata-Mata and this does not include STKRJ Mata-Mata. The population according to the population census in 2011 was 2,241 people. Most of its residents work with the government and private agencies.