Pancha Delima, Brunei


Pancha Delima is a small residential neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim of Brunei-Muara District; the incumbent ketua kampung or village head is Zulkifli bin Awang Ya'akub. The postcode for Pancha Delima is BB4513.

Name

Pancha Delima is officially known in Malay as Kampung Pancha Delima, which literally means 'Pancha Delima Village'.

Geography

Pancha Delima is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. It is one of the neighbourhoods in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan and contiguous with the residential neighbourhoods of Pengiran Siraja Muda to the east, Orang Kaya Besar Imas to the south-east and Anggerek Desa to the south.

History

Pancha Delima was one of the areas designated by the government of Brunei for the relocation of Kampong Ayer residents to resettle on land, under the National Resettlement Scheme in the 1950s. The residents of Pancha Delima who were under the relocation programme resettled in the area in 1958 and they originally came from the Kampong Ayer neighbourhoods of Sumbiling Lama and Sultan Lama.

Administration

The area of Pancha Delima is officially administered as a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the village-level subdivisions under Berakas 'A', a mukim or subdistrict of Brunei-Muara. However, its community is currently administered together with that of neighbouring Anggerek Desa under a single village head and the incumbent is Zulkifli bin Awang Ya'akub; he is also the acting Village Head of Orang Kaya Besar Imas and Pulaie.
Since 2007, Pancha Delima has also become part of Bandar Seri Begawan's municipality with the expansion of its spatial jurisdiction.