Bandar Seri Begawan

A hukumance yanki ne na birnin (kawasan bandaran ) tare da fadin kasa kimanin 100.36 square kilometres (38.75 sq mi), da yawan jama'a kuma mutum 100,700 dangane da ƙidayar shekara ta 2007. Wani yanki ne na Gundumar Brunei-Muara, yanki mafi ƙanƙanta duk da haka mafi yawan jama'a wanda ke da sama da kashi 70 cikin ɗari na al'ummar ƙasar. Ita ce cibiyar birni mafi girma a faɗin ƙasar, kuma galibi ita ce kadai birni a ƙasar. Babban birnin gida ne ga kujerar gwamnatin Brunei, da kuma cibiyar kasuwanci da al'adu. A da ana kiranta da Birni Brunei har zuwa lokacin da aka sake mata suna a shekarar 1970 don girmama Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Sultan na 28 na Brunei kuma mahaifin Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah na yanzu.

Bandar Seri Begawan
Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (en)
Wuri
4°55′N 114°55′E / 4.92°N 114.92°E / 4.92; 114.92
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Brunei
District of Brunei (en)	Brunei-Muara District (en)
Babban birnin	Brunei North Borneo Federation (en)
Yawan mutane
Faɗi	50,000 (2015)
• Yawan mutane	498.21 mazaunan/km²
Labarin ƙasa
Yawan fili	100,360,000 m²
Wuri a ina ko kusa da wace teku	Brunei River (en) da South China Sea (en)
Altitude (en)	14 m
Wasu abun
Yanar gizo	municipal-bsb.gov.bn

Tarihin Bandar Seri Begawan za a iya samo shi tun lokacin da aka kafa matsugunin Malay a kan ruwan kogin Brunei wanda ya zama magajin Kampong Ayer a yau. Ya zama babban birnin Sultanate na Brunei tun daga karni na 16 zuwa gaba, haka kuma a cikin karni na 19 lokacin da ta zama kariyar Birtaniya. Kafa Mazauni na Biritaniya a karni na 20 ya sa aka kafa tsarin mulki na zamani a kan filaye, da kuma sake tsugunar da 'yan kogin a hankali a ƙasa. A lokacin yaƙin duniya na biyu, sojojin ƙasar Japan sun mamaye babban birnin ƙasar daga shekarar 1941 kuma sun jefa bama-bamai a shekarar 1945 bayan 'yantar da sojojin kawance da juna. An kuma ayyana ‘yancin kai na Brunei daga Turawan Ingila a ranar 1 ga Janairun shekarar 1984 a wani fili da ke tsakiyar birnin .