Belait District

Belait District

Daerah Belait (Malay)
دأيره بلأيت (Jawi)
Belait District Daerah Belait (Malay); دأيره بلأيت (Jawi)
District
	Clockwise from top left: Seria, Labi, Liang, Kuala Belait
Country	Brunei
Administrative town	Kuala Belait
Area
• Total	2,727 km2 (1,053 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	69,062
• Estimate (2020)	74,800
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode	K
Area code	3
Website	www.belait.gov.bn

Belait District (Malay: Daerah Belait; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت), or simply Belait (Malay: [bəlait] ^ⓘ), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi) and the population of 69,062 as of 2016.^[2] The administrative town is Kuala Belait, located at the mouth of the Belait River. The district is commonly associated with the oil and gas industry of the country, mainly concentrated near the town of Seria.

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Department of Economic Planning and Statistics - Population". www.deps.gov.bn. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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[population-2] "Department of Economic Planning and Statistics - Population". www.deps.gov.bn. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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