Info about Brunei

About the size of Delaware, Brunei is an independent sultanate on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, wedged between the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.

Capital
Bandar Seri Begawan - 61 000 people
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Country lead by
Sultan: Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (1967)

Population
379,444 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 18.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 12.2/1000; life expectancy: 75.0; density per sq mi: 186

Land Area
2,035 sq mi (5,271 sq km); total area: 2,228 sq mi (5,770 sq km)

Monetary unit
Brunei dollar

Language
Malay (official), English, Chinese

Ethnicity
Malay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12%

Religion
Islam (official religion) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%

Transportation
Highways: total: 2,525 km; paved: 2,525 km; unpaved: 0 km (2000). Waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m (2004). Ports and harbors: Lumut, Muara, Seria. Airports: 2 (2004 est.).

Internet tld
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