Mukim Berakas 'B'

Mukim Berakas 'B' is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 40,710 in 2016.

Name
People from the Kampong Ayer used to travel to the Berakas to get firewood before resettlement. Only a jungle at that time, they wrapped the woods when they had gathered them. In Brunei Malay, the act of bundling the woods is known as berkas. As word spread about memberakas kayu (to gather firewood), Berakas was established as the location where people go.

History
In the late 1940s, Mukim Berakas was primarily made up of forest land. It took some time before additional people moved in; first, just the Kedayans resided here. In the 1950s, when they initially started settling in this region, lands in the Anggerek Desa and Burong Pingai were allotted under the first Kampong Ayer resettlement scheme.

Background
The mukim and Mukim Berakas 'A' were originally one mukim by the name 'Mukim Berakas' before being split into the current divisions in 1996.

Geography
The mukim is located in the north-east centre of Brunei-Muara District, bordering Mukim Mentiri to the north-east, Mukim Kota Batu to the south-east, Mukim Kianggeh to the south and Mukim Berakas 'A' to the west and north.

Demographics
As of 2016 census, the population was 40,710 with NaN% males and NaN% females. The mukim had 6,461 households occupying 6,397 dwellings. The entire population lived in urban areas.

Villages
Mukim Berakas 'B' encompasses the following populated villages:


 * Kampong Lambak Kanan
 * Kampong Madang
 * Kampong Manggis
 * Kampong Salambigar
 * Kampong Sungai Akar
 * Kampong Sungai Hanching
 * Kampong Sungai Orok
 * Kampong Sungai Tilong

Public housing
There is a public housing area within the mukim, namely Rancangan Perumahan Negara Lambak Kanan ('Lambak Kanan National Housing Scheme') located in Kampong Lambak Kanan.