Local short name form

Official name

Area

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International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

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GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 1st April 2021

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The official language is Malay . English is also used nationally. 14 other languages are spoken. The most widespread are: Brunei (250 000 speakers); Mandarin Chinese (15 000 speakers); Min Nan Chinese (10 000 speakers); Iban (15 000 speakers); Tutong 1 (15 000 speakers) and Tutong 2 (15 000 speakers).

Normal forms of address are:

   Males            Awang
   Females          Dayang

Certain distinguished males used the form of address Awangku which becomes Pengiran (Pg.) upon marriage. This is a hereditary title. It is a grave faux pas to address these people as Awang. The wife of a person with the form of address Pengiran also takes the form of address Pengiran.

The titles Dato (male) / Datin (female) and Pehin (male) may be bestowed by the Sultan. People with both awards may be addressed Pehin Dato ….

Naming conventions follow the Muslim norms, and usually contain no family names. Brunei women retain their names upon marriage.

Brunei names may contain Arabic elements such as bin (“son of”) and binti (“daughter of”). Haji (male) and Hajah (female) may be added to names of those who have been on a pilgrimage to Mecca. This is written twice if one’s father has been to Mecca, and may be abbreviated to Hj in this way:

   Hj Morshidi bin Hj Mohamed Yussof

meaning Morshidi (who has been to Mecca), son of Mohamed (who has been to Mecca) Yussof. This person would then be addressed as:

   Awang Haji Moshidi 

For the Chinese community, names are formatted in the Chinese fashion – please refer to the chapter on China for further details.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Company types found may include:

   Branch of Foreign Company
   International Business Company
   International Limited Partnership
   International Trust
   Partnership
   Private Company (Sendirian Berhad)
   Public Company (Berhad)
   Sole proprietorship

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

The address follows this format:

   Contact person
   Street address
   VILLAGE
   POST OFFICE NAME[ ]POSTAL CODE

for example:

The address may also include building and sub-building information as in this example:

There are 8 postal districts. These are:

   Bandar Seri Begawan
   Bangar
   Belait
   Brunei-Muara
   Kuala Belait
   Muara
   Seria
   Tutong

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Brunei Darussalam - Thoroughfare types

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Brunei has altered its postal code (known locally as Postcode) pattern in 1999 to include two letters before a block of 4 digits in this pattern:

   AA9999

The first letter indicates the province (daerah), the second the county (mukim). The first two digits of the number indicate the district or village (kampong/kawasan), and the final two digits indicate the post office/route (pejabat penerahan). The system includes separate codes for large-users.

The relationship between the code BS (for Bandar Seri Begawan) and those codes of the mukims it occupies is unclear.

The first letters can be BA to BU (excluding BI, BO and BQ); KA to KH, PA to PE or TA to TH.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code format graphic

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code format

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code specifics

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code regular expression

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code level of coverage

Brunei Darussalam - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 17th December 2019

Brunei Darussalam has 4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah):

    Belait  (postal codes commence K)
    Brunei-Muara  (postal codes commence B)
    Temburong  (postal codes commence P)
    Tutong  (postal codes commence T)

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 24th August 2014

Bruneian telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 227-228, 7 or 8.