Editing Bandar Seri Begawan (section)

== Etymology ==
Bandar Seri Begawan was named after [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III]], the 28th [[Sultan of Brunei]].<ref name="Group2009">{{cite book |title=The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2009 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2009 |isbn=9781907065095 |page=215}}</ref> Seri Begawan is part of the royal title bestowed on the late sultan upon his abdication in favor of his son, [[Hassanal Bolkiah]], in 1967.<ref name="Group2009" />{{Sfn|World and Its Peoples|2007|p=1206}} The city was renamed on 4 October 1970 to commemorate his contribution to the modernisation of the country during his reign in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/religious-ceremony-marks-bandar-brunei-renaming/ |title=Religious ceremony marks Bandar Brunei renaming |first=Hakim |last=Hayat |date=28 September 2017 |newspaper=Borneo Bulletin Online |access-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411112820/http://borneobulletin.com.bn/religious-ceremony-marks-bandar-brunei-renaming/ |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=<!-- not stated --> |title=PERASMIAN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN |url=http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/1970/7%20oktober%201970.pdf |access-date=14 July 2021 |newspaper=Pelita Brunei |number=40 |date=7 October 1970 |pages=1, 8 |language=ms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Department of Government Printing, Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam |date=2013 |title=Brunei Darussalam In Brief |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/Media%20Document%20Library/Brunei%20Today/brunei%20in%20brief_FINAL%202.pdf |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.information.gov.bn2 |page=45}}</ref> Prior to this, the city had been known as Brunei Town or {{lang|ms|Bandar Brunei}} in [[Malay language|Malay]] (literally "Brunei City").{{Sfn|Ring|Watson|Schellinger|2012|p=161}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brudirect.com/news.php?id=12577 |title=Bandar Seri Begawan's Historical Development |date=27 August 2016 |website=brudirect.com |access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>