Bandar Seri Begawan
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views updated Jun 27 2018Bandar 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 The town port was superseded in 1972 by a new deepwater harbour at Maura.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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