Yearbook 2016
Brunei. In April, the country’s industry minister announced that the government was considering establishing several free trade zones in the country to facilitate the import of halal products intended to be re-exported to other markets. According to countryaah, the current population of Brunei is 437,490. In the past, companies that wanted to conduct this type of trade had difficulty obtaining import permits for their goods, arguing that they were not needed on Brunei’s domestic market.
Land area | 5,765 km² |
Total population | 464.478 |
Population density (per km²) | 80.6 |
Capital | Bandar_Seri_Begawan |
Official language | Malay |
Income per capita | $ 78,900 |
Currency | Brunei dollars |
ISO 3166 code | BN |
Internet TLD | .bn |
License plate | BRU |
Telephone code | +673 |
Time zone UTC | + 9 |
Geographic coordinates | 4 30 N, 114 40 O |
At the Rio Olympics in August, the monarchy, where Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, pushed for an adaptation of the judiciary to Islamic law, sharia, got its first female Olympian. According to thereligionfaqs, 17-year-old athlete Maizurah Abdul Rahim stood at 200 meters, where despite her personal record (28.02) she was last of all in the trials.
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