Brunei
Negara Brunei Darussalam
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About Brunei
Brunei is a tiny country with a 600 years heritage of royal Sultanate, and the only Malay state that chose to remain a British dependency rather than join the Malaysian Federation. It became an independent state in 1984. It is a beautifull country with mangrove swamps, equatorial jungle and sandy beaches with azure waters.
Brunei today is one of the richest countries in Southeast Asia with a very high standard of living, thanks to its crude oil and natural gas production. Education and healthcare are free; houses, cars, and even pilgrimages to Mecca are subsidized. There’s no tax on personal income and the average per capita income is among the highest in the world.
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General information
- Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Language: Malay (official), English, Chinese
- Climate: Tropical; hot, humid, rainy
- Timezone: UTC + 8
- Currency: 1 Bruneian dollar (BND) = 100 cents
- Electricity plugs: g (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 372,361 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +673
- Toplevel domain .bn
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Good to know
Two-thirds of the people of Brunei are ethnic Malays, with a Chinese minority of about 16% of the population.
Religion: Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
National holiday: National Day, 23 February (1984)
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