The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       noun:

       Bruneian(s)

       adjective:

       Bruneian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Malay 64%, Chinese 20%, other 16%

       Religions:

       Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs

       and other 15% (1981)

       Languages:

       Malay (official), English, Chinese

       Literacy:

       age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

       total population:

       77%

       male:

       85%

       female:

       69%

       Labor force:

       89,000 (includes members of the Army)

       by occupation:

       government 47.5%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and

       construction 41.9%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.8% (1986)

       note:

       33% of labor force is foreign (1988)

      @Brunei, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       Negara Brunei Darussalam

       conventional short form:

       Brunei

       Digraph:

       BX

       Type:

       constitutional sultanate

       Capital:

       Bandar Seri Begawan

       Administrative divisions:

       4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait, Brunei and

       Muara, Temburong, Tutong

       Independence:

       1 January 1984 (from UK)

       National holiday:

       National Day 23 February (1984)

       Constitution:

       29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of

       Emergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January

       1984)

       Legal system:

       based on Islamic law

       Suffrage:

       none

       Executive branch:

       chief of state and head of government:

       Sultan and Prime Minister His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji

       HASSANAL Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967)

       cabinet:

       Council of Cabinet Ministers; composed chiefly of members of the royal

       family

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral

       Legislative Council (Majlis Masyuarat Megeri):

       elections last held in March 1962; in 1970 the Council was changed to

       an appointive body by decree of the sultan; an elected legislative

       Council is being considered as part of constitution reform, but

       elections are unlikely for several years

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court

       Political parties and leaders:

       Brunei United National Party (inactive), Anak HASANUDDIN, chairman;

       Brunei National Democratic Party (the first legal political party and

       now banned), leader NA

       Member of:

       APEC, ASEAN, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, ICAO, IDB, IMO, INTELSAT

       (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM,

       OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, UNTAC, WHO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador JAYA bin Abdul Latif

       chancery:

       2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037

       telephone:

       (202) 342–0159

       FAX:

       (202) 342–0158

       US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador Theresa A. TULL

       embassy:

       Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri Begawan

       mailing address:

       American Embassy Box B, APO AP 96440

       telephone:

       [673] (2) 229–670

       FAX:

       [673] (2) 225–293

       Flag:

       yellow with two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double width) and

       black starting from the upper hoist side; the national emblem in red

       is superimposed at the center; the emblem includes a swallow-tailed

       flag on top of a winged column within an upturned crescent above a

       scroll and flanked by two upraised hands

      @Brunei, Economy