Mukim Labi
mukim of Belait District, Brunei
Labi (Mukim Labi) is a mukim in the interior of Belait District, Brunei. It has an area of 361.8 square kilometres (139.7 sq mi); the population was 1,216 in 2016.
Geography
The mukim is located in the central and south-western part of the district, bordering Mukim Liang to the north, Mukim Bukit Sawat to the north-east, Mukim Sukang to the east, the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the south and west and Mukim Kuala Balai and Mukim Seria to the north-west. It is regarded as part of Ulu Belait ("Belait Interior"). The mukim is named after Kampong Labi, one of the villages it encompasses.There are also many local fruit orchards such as durian in these two areas which can be an addition to their sources of sustenance in addition to gardening and farming.
Name
Folklore holds that some 70 years ago, a Chinese resident named Ah Lam came across a freshwater turtle in the area and gave it the name Labi.
Demography
As of 2016 census, the population was 1,216 with 54.7% males and 45.3% females. The mukim had 343 households occupying 325 dwellings. The entire population lived in rural areas. The residents of these two villages consist of various races and tribes such as Belait, Kedayan, Dusun, Iban and Chinese and adhere to various religions including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and others.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mukim Labi” as mukim of Belait District, Brunei. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mukim of Belait District, Brunei. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1953075. Authority coordinates are 4.422, 114.463. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016.
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