Brunei

Brunei

Brunei ranks 199th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Samoa, Macao, and Palau. Memorable people born in present day Brunei include Hassanal Bolkiah, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, and Queen Saleha of Brunei. Memorable people who died in Brunei include Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Sharif Ali, and Muhammad Jamalul Alam II. Brunei has been the birth place of many politicians, and companions and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state entirely on Borneo; the remainder of the island is divided between its multi-landmass neighbours of Malaysia and Indonesia. As of 2023, the country had a population of 455,858, of whom approximately 180,000 resided in the capital and largest city of Bandar Seri Begawan. Its official language is Malay and Islam is the state religion of the country, although other religions are nominally tolerated. The government of Brunei is an absolute monarchy ruled by the Sultan, and it implements a fusion of English common law and jurisprudence inspired by Islam, including sharia. Read more on Wikipedia