Commonwealth Local Government Forum

Brunei Darussalam

Key facts:

POPULATION (estimate 2014): 411,900
AREA: 5,765 sq km
CAPITAL: Bandar Seri Begawan
CURRENCY: Brunei dollar (BND)
HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: HM Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: constitutional monarchy
STATE STRUCTURE: unitary
LANGUAGES: Malay (official)
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: March 1968 turnout: na
LOCAL ELECTIONS: there is no elected local government
WOMEN COUNCILLORS: na
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE (as a percentage of total government budget 2013/14): na

Summary

Brunei Darussalam is a constitutional monarchy with no local government. 

Read the profile of the local government system in Brunei Darussalam.

 

Knowledge hub

Knowledge hub

Search the latest abstracts and info for the Asia region in our knowledge hub.

more

Asia regional office

Regional office

CLGF's regional office in South Asia is based in Mumbai, India

 

more

Board Members

Board members representing Asia

Mayor S Ali Zahir Moulana
Hon Datuk Abdul Tahman Dahlan

more

News from CLGF Asia

Latest news

Latest CLGF local government news and information from the Asia region

more
Bangladesh
Brunei
India
Malaysia
 
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka
© CLGF 2024 : Privacy Policy