Belait District

Belait is the largest distric in Brunei. The word 'Belait' is taken from the name of the native inhabitants of Belait, the Belait People. The district is administered from the town of Kuala Belait, its capital.

Belait is governed by an appointed District Officer. The current District Officer of Belait is The Honourable Haji Jamain bin Momin. Other major towns are Seria and Sungai Liang.

The district covers about half of the entire nation. The landscape of the district varies from the peat swamps and lowland forests near the coast to the montane rainforesst in the interior parts of the district. The Belait River (Sungai Belait) flows through Belait and it is the longest river in Brunei.

We went to the far end, only a few dogs left ....