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Province in Philippines
Basilan
Province
Province of Basilan
(from top: left to right) Basilan satellite image in 2016, Port Holland in Maluso, Lamitan City Hall, and Basilan Peak
Flag
Seal
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 7°N122°E / 7°N 122°E / 7; 122
Country
Philippines
Region
Bangsamoro (Whole province except Isabela City) Zamboanga Peninsula (Isabela City only)
Chartered City
July 1, 1948
Converted into a province
December 27, 1973
Capital
Lamitan[1]
Administrative Center
Isabela
Largest city
Isabela
Government
• Type
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor
Hadjiman S. Hataman-Salliman (PDP-Laban)
• Vice Governor
Yusop T. Alano (PDP-Laban)
• Representative
Mujiv S. Hataman (LP)
• Legislature
Basilan Provincial Board
Area
[2]
• Total
1,327.23 km2 (512.45 sq mi)
• Rank
72nd out of 81
Highest elevation
(Basilan Peak)
998 m (3,274 ft)
Population
(2020 census)
• Total
556,586
• Rank
56th out of 81
• Density
420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonyms
Basileño
Basileña
Basilanin
Tau Basilan
Divisions
• Independent cities
0
• Component cities
2
Isabela City
Lamitan
• Municipalities
11
Akbar
Al-Barka
Hadji Mohammad Ajul
Hadji Muhtamad
Lantawan
Maluso
Sumisip
Tabuan-Lasa
Tipo-Tipo
Tuburan
Ungkaya Pukan
• Districts
Legislative district of Basilan
Time zone
UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
7300–7306
IDD: area code
+63 (0)62
ISO 3166 code
PH-BAS
Languages
Chavacano
Yakan
Tausug
Sama
Cebuano
English
Filipino
Income classification
3rd class
Website
www.basilan.gov.ph
Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan (Chavacano: Provincia de Basilan; Yakan: Wilayah Basilanin; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Basilan; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Basilan Island is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It is just off the southern coast of the geographic Zamboanga Peninsula.[3][1]
Isabela, the former capital, is a component city under the provincial government of Basilan but is administered as part of the Zamboanga Peninsula Region and is listed statistically independent. The provincial capital has since been transferred to Lamitan. Despite this, the provincial Capitol and government offices are still located at Isabela.[4]
Basilan is home to three main ethnolinguistic groups: the indigenous Yakans, and the later-arriving Tausugs and Chavacanos. The Yakans and Tausugs are predominantly Muslim, while the Chavacano are mainly Christian. There are also a number of smaller ethnic groups. Although the official languages are Filipino and English, the main native language is Yakan and lingua franca is Chavacano. Other languages include Tausug, Cebuano, and Sama.
Basilan, although classified as a 3rd-class province in terms of gross provincial income, has one of the lowest incidences of poverty in the Philippines (26.19% of the general population), ranked 20 among the Philippines' 80 provinces. (In comparison, Maguindanao which is ranked last at number 80 has a poverty incidence of 44.24%.) The gap between Basilan's rich and poor residents are among the narrowest in the country (ranked 3rd nationwide), pointing to one of the most equitable distributions of wealth anywhere in the country (Gini coefficient 0.2826, which is slightly better than the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Cavite, Batanes and Batangas).
^ ab"ARMM to put up new Basilan capitol". philstar.com.
^"10. Environment and Natural Resources" (PDF). Bangsamoro Development Plan (Report). Bangsamoro Development Agency. 2015. p. 95. ISBN 9786219520928. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016. See also talk page
^"Basilan starts construction of new provincial gov't center". Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
^"Basilan Province Official Website - Contact us". Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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