Rasau
Sign in to saveRasau, formerly known as Kampong Rasau, is an area in Brunei that comprises a village and one of the country's many oil fields. It is situated in the Belait District on the west bank of the Belait River, just south of Kampong Sungai Teraban and near the administrative centre, Kuala Belait. Rasau was previously classified as one of the villages within Mukim Kuala Belait.
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Rasau, formerly known as Kampong Rasau, is an area in Brunei that comprises a village and one of the country's many oil fields. It is situated in the Belait District on the west bank of the Belait River, just south of Kampong Sungai Teraban and near the administrative centre, Kuala Belait. Rasau was previously classified as one of the villages within Mukim Kuala Belait.
==History== Rasau was historically one of the first stops on the Belait River upriver from Kuala Belait towards the former district administrative capital of Kuala Balai. It was founded further inland from the mouth of the Belait River and Kuala Belait for protection against pirates. A timber jetty used to exist in the area in 1930. Moreover, latter that year, British Malayan Petroleum Company constructed a telephone line along the Kuala Belait Beach which linked up Seria and Rasau with their main headquarters in Kuala Belait.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rasau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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