Brunei

Relief, fauna and flora of Brunei:

Brunei is one of the smallest states from the South-Eastern Asia with a relief composed by plain but also few hills and mountains towards the interior. The highest peak is Pagon at 1.850 m height. It is split by Malaysia in two parts, one big in the west and one smaller in the east. It obtained the independence from Great Britain at 01 January 1984. More than a half of the country’s surface is covered with tropical forests which are the house for many rare species of fauna and flora like birds and monkeys, but also elephants, leopards and reptiles.

Climate, population and Bruneian resources:

The climate in this small country is tropical with annual temperatures varying between 23 and 28º C and the rainfall can get sometimes over 2.500 mm per year. The population is Malay in majority and is living on the coast working in the extraction of oil and natural gas, the main resources of the sultanate that bring the most earnings for the economy. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Due to these resources the inhabitants and the sultan have a high standard of living. The teaching and sanitary systems and the infrastructure are highly developed and the tourism is going on increasing. Visit Brunei!

Brunei’s sultan mosque in the night