Mukim

A mukim (Jawi: مقيم from Arabic مقيم muqīm ‘residence’)^[1] is a type of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore, equivalent to a subdistrict.

Usage

Brunei

In Brunei, a mukim is the immediate subdivision of a district (Malay: daerah). The equivalent English word for 'mukim' is 'township'. There are 38 mukims in Brunei. Each mukim is an administrative area made up of several villages (kampung). A mukim is headed by a headman (penghulu), which is an elected office. The number of mukims in each of the districts in Brunei is as follows:

Number of Mukims for each district in Brunei
District	Number of Mukims	Map
Belait	8
Brunei-Muara	17
Temburong	5
Tutong	8

The smallest mukim by area is Mukim Saba in the Brunei-Muara District. The largest mukim by area is Mukim Sukang in the Belait District. The last change in the mukim boundaries was in the late 1990s when Mukim Kumbang Pasang was merged into Mukim Kianggeh and Mukim Berakas was divided into Mukim Berakas A and Mukim Berakas B. The number of mukims remained at 38.

Indonesia

The term mukim is used only in the autonomous province of Aceh as a subdivision of a district (kecamatan). A mukim contains several villages (gampong).^{[citation needed]}

Malaysia

In Malaysia, a mukim of almost all constituent states except Perlis, Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak can either be a subdivision of a daerah (district or county) or a subdivision of an autonomous sub-district (daerah kecil), as per Section 11(c) of the 1965 National Land Code. Each mukim comprises one or several villages (kampung) with a population between 4,000–200,000 people represented with a mosque or surau as a communal centre; it may overlap with residential neighbourhoods (taman perumahan or taman for short) in urban areas.^[2] Mukim may be translated roughly in English to townships.^[3]^[4]

The northern state of Perlis, due to its small size, is not divided into daerahs, but directly into mukims. In Kelantan, the term daerah corresponds equally to the mukim as subdivisions of a jajahan; whilst Sarawak and its large size in East Malaysia are directly divided into divisions and in turn, divisions are divided into districts and the subdivision of each district is termed as a land district (daerah tanah) or town district (daerah bandar) instead. The neighbouring state of Sabah does not have such subdivisions, districts serve instead as the lowest jurisdictional level. In the federal territory of Putrajaya, "precincts" (presint) are the equivalent to the mukim.

Number of Mukims for each state in Peninsular Malaysia
State	No. of Mukims in the state	District	No. of Mukims in the district
Johor	96	Batu Pahat	14
		Johor Bahru	6
		Kluang	8
		Kota Tinggi	10
		Kulai	4
		Mersing	14
		Muar	12
		Pontian	11
		Segamat	11
		Tangkak	6
Kedah	132	Kota Setar	28
		Kubang Pasu	20
		Padang Terap	11
		Langkawi	6
		Kuala Muda	16
		Yan	5
		Baling	8
		Sik	3
		Kulim	15
		Bandar Baharu	6
		Pendang	8
		Pokok Sena	6
Kelantan	311	Bachok	32
		Kota Bharu	89
		Machang	22
		Pasir Mas	48
		Pasir Puteh	33
		Tanah Merah	18
		Tumpat	29
		Gua Musang	9
		Kuala Krai	17
		Jeli	7
		Lojing Autonomous Sub-District	7
Malacca	80	Melaka Tengah	29
		Jasin	20
		Alor Gajah	31
Negeri Sembilan	61	Jelebu	8
		Kuala Pilah	11
		Port Dickson	5
		Rembau	17
		Seremban	8
		Tampin	7
		Jempol	5
Pahang	72	Bentong	3
		Cameron Highlands	3
		Jerantut	10
		Kuantan	6
		Lipis	10
		Pekan	11
		Raub	7
		Temerloh	10
		Rompin	6
		Maran	4
		Bera	2
Penang	81	Central Seberang Perai	21
		North Seberang Perai	16
		South Seberang Perai	16
		Northeast Penang Island	6
		Southwest Penang Island	22
Perak	81	Batang Padang	4
		Manjung	5
		Kinta	5
		Kerian	8
		Kuala Kangsar	9
		Larut, Matang and Selama	14
		Hilir Perak	5
		Hulu Perak	10
		Perak Tengah	12
		Kampar	2
		Muallim	3
		Bagan Datuk	4
Perlis	22	N/a	22
Selangor	54	Klang	2
		Kuala Langat	7
		Kuala Selangor	9
		Sabak Bernam	5
		Hulu Langat	7
		Hulu Selangor	13
		Petaling	4
		Gombak	4
		Sepang	3
Terengganu	84	Besut	16
		Dungun	11
		Kemaman	12
		Kuala Terengganu	19
		Hulu Terengganu	10
		Marang	9
		Setiu	7
		Kuala Nerus	4
Kuala Lumpur	7	-	01 MUKIM AMPANG
			02 MUKIM BATU
			03 MUKIM CHERAS
			04 MUKIM ULU KELANG
			05 MUKIM KUALA LUMPUR
			06 MUKIM PETALING
			07 MUKIM SETAPAK

Singapore

In Singapore, a mukim is a survey district. There are 30 town subdivision survey districts located in the central city area surrounded by 34 mukim or survey districts in the outer regions.^[5]

References

^ Wilkinson, Richard James (1932). "mukim". A Malay-English dictionary (romanised). Vol. II. Mytilene: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis. p. 151.
^ Wiryomartono, Bagoes (Dec 2012). "Historical notes, concepts, and evolution of urbanism in the Malay world". Jati. 17. University of Malaya: 122–6.
^ "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Allocation of Lot Numbers". Singapore Land Authority. Archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

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[1] Wilkinson, Richard James (1932). "mukim". A Malay-English dictionary (romanised). Vol. II. Mytilene: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis. p. 151.

[2] Wiryomartono, Bagoes (Dec 2012). "Historical notes, concepts, and evolution of urbanism in the Malay world". Jati. 17. University of Malaya: 122–6.

[3] "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

[4] "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

[5] "Allocation of Lot Numbers". Singapore Land Authority. Archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

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