Editing Bandar Seri Begawan (section)

==Government==
The city is administered by the Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Board within Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department, a government department within the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Municipal Board was established in 1921, originally as a Sanitary Board (''{{lang|ms|Lembaga Kebersihan}}'') which was, and is still, responsible for maintaining the cleanliness to the then Brunei Town.<ref name="bandaran19may19">{{cite web |title=Mengenai Bandaran |url=http://bandaran-bsb.gov.bn/SitePages/Mengenai%20Bandaran.aspx |access-date=19 May 2019 |website=Jabatan Bandaran Bandar Seri Begawan |language=ms}}</ref> It achieved the status of ''{{lang|ms|bandaran}}'' (municipality) in 1935 with the conversion of the Sanitary Board into the current Municipal Board (''{{lang|ms|Lembaga Bandaran}}'').<ref name="bandaran19may19" /> 

The city is in the [[Brunei–Muara District]], the smallest yet the most populous [[districts of Brunei|district]] in the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ubn.html|title=Districts of Brunei Darussalam|author=Gwillim Law|publisher=Statoids|date=30 October 2013|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511120011/http://www.statoids.com/ubn.html|archive-date=11 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and as of 1 August 2007, the municipal area has been expanded from {{convert|12.87|km2|sqmi}} to {{convert|100.36|km2|sqmi}}. The Bandar Seri Begawan area encompasses several [[mukims of Brunei|mukims]] and [[villages of Brunei|villages]] within the district, including [[Mukim Berakas 'A']], [[Mukim Berakas 'B']], [[Mukim Burong Pingai Ayer]], [[Mukim Gadong 'A']], [[Mukim Gadong 'B']], [[Mukim Kianggeh]], [[Mukim Kilanas]], [[Mukim Kota Batu]], [[Mukim Peramu]], [[Mukim Saba]], [[Mukim Sungai Kebun]], [[Mukim Sungai Kedayan]], and [[Mukim Tamoi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cebn/eng/wlxw/t343648.htm|title=Brunei capital to become nearly ten times bigger|author1=Za'im Zaini|author2=Sonia K|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Bandar Seri Begawan|date=23 July 2007|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501110340/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cebn/eng/wlxw/t343648.htm|archive-date=1 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2008/EN/S050.pdf |title=BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD (BOUNDARIES OF MUNICIPAL BOARD AREA) DECLARATION, 2008 |website=agc.gov.bn |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>