Brunei 🇧🇳
Brunei is part of Asia with main city at
Bandar Seri Begawan. Its Developing country with a
population of 412K people. The main currency is Brunei Dollar. The languages
spoken are Malay. Brunei Darussalam is the formal name of Brunei It is adviced to Exercise normal safety precautions Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~25.49 °C 🌧 ~259.04 mm 👨👩👦👦 412K people
Advice
Weather ⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record Exercise normal safety precautions
We've reviewed our travel advice for Brunei Darussalam. We added information about sharia law, which applies to Muslims, non-Muslims and foreigners. It includes travel on Brunei-registered aircraft and vessels. Under sharia law, some crimes can attract physical punishment or the death penalty. We haven’t changed our level of advice: Exercise normal safety precautions in Brunei.
issued date: November 6, 2019
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General
🔌 Sockets
Brunei uses 240V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type G.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are Malay
💱 Currencies Used
Brunei uses the Brunei dollar (symbol: $), code BND.Banknotes come in denominations of 10000, 1000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 dollars. Dollar is subdivided into 100 sens. Coins come in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 sens.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are very common in Brunei. You can find them in both large & small cities, tourist areas etc.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Brunei is on average 4.1 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Brunei is moderate. It's relatively easy to find one when needed.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 29.68 BND, which includes 2 GB of data plan. You can choose from 1 telecoms: DSTCom. Brunei uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Brunei upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call Brunei, dial +, then 673 (the country code for Brunei), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Brunei, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 2 .
🛣️ Road rules
In Brunei you drive on the left side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 100 km/h (62 mph) on motorways, 100 km/h (62 mph) on expressways, 50 km/h (31 mph) in all built-up areas and 80 km/h (49 mph) on undivided highways.
🆘 Emergency
Universal
999
Police
999
Ambulance
999
Fire department
999
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