{"id":26297,"date":"2025-12-10T11:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26297"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:55:35","slug":"brunei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brunei\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Brunei"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Brunei Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the inaugural meeting of the India-Brunei Joint Working Group (JWG) on Defence Cooperation was held in New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Brunei<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located along the <\/span><b>northern coast of Borneo Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordered by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brunei is bordered by the <\/span><b>South China Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north and on all other sides by Malaysia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brunei is divided into two non-contiguous parts by a portion of the Malaysian State of Sarawak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bander Seri Begawan \u2013 the capital and largest city of Brunei.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a member country of the Commonwealth<\/span><b> and ASEAN.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Brunei<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The climate of Brunei (or Brunei Darussalam) <\/span><b>is equatorial,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> i.e. hot, humid and rainy throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain:<\/b> <b>Bukit Pagon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the highest point in the country at 6,069 ft along the border with Malaysia in the eastern mountainous region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Numerous rivers drain the land, including the <\/span><b>Belait, Pandaruan, and Tutong.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also a major oil producer in Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-brunei-hold-inaugural-defence-jwg-meet\/article70376449.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brunei is located along the northern coast of Borneo Island in Southeast Asia. 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