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natural hazards:

       typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare

       Note:

       close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and

       Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an

       enclave of Malaysia

      @Brunei, People

      Population:

       284,653 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       2.7% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       26.18 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       5.04 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       5.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       25.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       71.1 years

       male:

       69.46 years

       female:

       72.78 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       3.43 children born/woman (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       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

      Overview:

       The economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship,

       government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It

       is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas,

       with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for more than 50%

       of GDP. Per capita GDP is among

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