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| Capital | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Government | Constitutional sultanate |
| Currency | Bruneian dollar (BND), equivalent to Singapore Dollar (SGD) |
| Area | total: 5,770 km2 water: 500 km2 land: 5,270 km2 |
| Population | 398,000 (July 2008 est.) |
| Language | Malay (official), English, Chinese |
| Religion | Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10% |
| Electricity | 240V/50Hz (UK plug) |
| Calling Code | +673 |
| Internet TLD | .bn |
| Time Zone | UTC+8 |
The Sultanate of Brunei (Full name: Negara Brunei Darussalam) is a small but - thanks to natural gas and petroleum resources - very rich country located in Southeast Asia. It is surrounded by Malaysia and has two parts physically separated by Malaysia, almost being an enclave. Strategically located on the South China Sea, close to vital sea lanes linking Indian and Pacific Oceans, it has an exclusive economic fishing zone that extends as far as Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands although it makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs.