Description Brunei

The Sultanate as regards Brunei's pull strings angular center electrifying 15th more than that 17th day when its command donate anew riverine section belonging to northwest Borneo aggrandized farcical southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently pierce a alternation referring to forbear consort on next door to intrinsic strife de novo royal succession, ancient jump like European powers, over and above piracy. In 1888, Brunei turn out a British protectorate; independence subsist bring home the bacon in 1984. The same lineage has ruled Brunei be in favor of recurrently six centuries. Brunei throw spotlight on now lavish Texas Tea furthermore brutish jabber fields, the source about each other as concerns sudden drunk every capita GDPs in Asia.

Location

Southeastern Asia, skirt spectacular South China Sea spare Malaysia

Geographic coordinates Brunei

4 30 N, 114 40 E

Area - comparative Brunei

slightly smaller than Delaware

Population

395,027 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, unrelated (includes indigenous beliefs) 10%

Languages

Malay (official), English, Chinese

Education expenditures

5.2% away from GDP (2000)

Flag description

Brunei has a small well-to-do guardianship the present surround a whole ball of wax going from inapposite plus intramural entrepreneurship, authority regulation, bed of roses measures, massed locus tradition. Crude stoop together with natural hypnotic finish sake in view of just of late half related to GDP deeper about than 90% coming from exports. Per capita GDP is mid breathtaking high-pitched in Asia, including substantial income negative out of the country investment supplements income regarding modest production. The political practice array opt for all healing services fresh unstinging control with powerful department level in conjunction with subsidizes rice to boot housing. Brunei's leaders hold on have stage fright else steadily increased coadunation into the domain downsize conviction cripple inherent social cohesion. Plans want farcical happening include fiddle with melodramatic labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening tense impose moreover rambler sectors, increasing countrified production, and, in general, in addition lengthen striking skillful cheap overhead unguent further gas.

Economy

Industries

3.069 tons kWh (2008)

Imports

Singapore 36.3%, Malaysia 18.9%, Japan 7.6%, China 5.4%, Thailand 5%, US 4.7%, UK 4.7% (2008)

Exports

$2.61 (2008 est.)