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A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word mukim is a loanword in English.^[1] However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay from the Arabic word: مقيم (meaning resident). The closest English translation for mukim is township.^[2]^[3]

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 kampung (Malay for "village"). A mukim is headed by a penghulu (Malay for "headman"), 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

In Indonesia, mukim means 'a place to stay' or 'the one who stays', while pemukiman means 'a settlement'.^[4] The term mukim is used only in Aceh as a subdivision of a district. A mukim contains several villages.

Malaysia

In Malaysia, a mukim 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 National Land Code 1965. However, in Putrajaya the designation mukim is not used; the term presint (Malay for "precinct") is used instead. 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 to the mukim level in other states, whilst for Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, owing to its large sizes, they are directly divided into divisions and in turn, divisions are divided into districts and the subdivision of each district is termed as a mukim instead. Each mukim is divided into a village or villages (kampung or kampong).

Number of Mukims for each state in 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	—	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	9
		Marang	6
		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 34 Mukim survey districts in Singapore, as well as 30 Town Subdivision survey districts. The Town Subdivision survey districts are located in the city area, while the Mukim survey districts are located in the outer regions surrounding the former.^[5]

References

^ "mukim | Malay to English Translation - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Malay Living Dictionary. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Carian Umum". prpm.dbp.gov.my. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
^ "Arti kata mukim - Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Online". kbbi.web.id. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Allocation of Lot Numbers". Singapore Land Authority. Archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.