Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu


Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu, commonly known as Delima Satu or Pengiran Siraja Muda, is a neighbourhood in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is also a village subdivision under Berakas A, a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is primarily a residential area but also contains the commercial area of Delima, one of the commercial areas in the capital. The postcode for Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is BB5113.

Name

Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is the primary name for this neighbourhood. It is composed from the merger of two names, 'Pengiran Siraja Muda' and 'Delima Satu'. However, the shorter two names are still commonly used to refer to the place.
'Pengiran Siraja Muda' is named after the initial residents which emigrated from Bakut Pengiran Siraja Muda, a neighbourhood in the riverine settlement of Kampong Ayer. Meanwhile, 'Delima Satu' comes from the Malay term which translates as 'Delima One' and means area one of Delima settlement. The settlement area, which also included Pancha Delima, is named after delima or pomegranate that had been grown in the backyard of Awang Sugut bin Mahat's home, who eventually became the first village head for the settlement.

History

The current neighbourhood was established in the 1950s as a perpindahan or resettlement estate under the National Resettlement Scheme, a government programme that encouraged the residents of Kampong Ayer to resettle on land. The residents that had resettled in the area originally came from Bakut Pengiran Siraja Muda neighbourhood in Kampong Ayer ; each family was given a piece of land as the incentive to built a new home and also develop agriculturally as new means to sustain livelihood.

Administration

Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu is officially a village, the third- and lowest-level administrative division of Brunei. It is one of the subdivisions under Berakas A, a mukim or subdistrict in Brunei-Muara District. Its community is administered under a village head and the incumbent is Zulkifli bin Ya'akub; he is also the acting Penghulu of Berakas A.
In 2007, Pengiran Siraja Muda Delima Satu has also been incorporated as part of the expanded Bandar Seri Begawan municipal area, hence becomes a neighbourhood of the capital.