Bandar Seri Begawan (Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان ; Malay: [ˌbandar səˌri bəˈɡawan] (listen)) (formerly known as Brunei Town; Malay: بندر بروني) is the capitaland largest city of Brunei. It is officially governed as a municipality (Malay: bandaran). Bandar Seri Begawan has an estimated population of 100,700,and including the whole Brunei-Muara District, the metro area has an estimated population of 279,924, over half the population of the country