Bandar Seri Begawan

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Bandar Seri Begawan (formerly Brunei Town) Capital of Brunei, Borneo, se Asia. The town port was superseded in 1972 by a new deepwater harbour at Maura. The capital includes the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Masjid, se Asia's largest mosque. Pop. (1995 est.) 46,000.

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