Abstract is: Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan (Chavacano: Provincia de Basilan; Yakan: Wilayah Basilanin; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Basilan; Tagalog: 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. 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. 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 Tagalog 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).
(P625, lat/long) | 6.566666666 / 122.033333333 |
province of the Philippines | Q24746 |
statistical territorial entity | Q15042037 |
P998 | Curlie ID | Regional/Asia/Philippines/Provinces/Basilan/ |
P2163 | FAST ID | 1334858 |
P901 | FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions) | RP22 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/01rczt |
P1566 | GeoNames ID | 1726404 |
P1667 | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID | 1001145 |
P2326 | GNS Unique Feature ID | -2412915 |
P8119 | HASC | PH.BS |
P7471 | iNaturalist place ID | 11548 |
P300 | ISO 3166-2 code | PH-BAS |
P8408 | KBpedia ID | Basilan-ProvincePhilippines |
P244 | Library of Congress authority ID | n90621960 |
P8189 | National Library of Israel J9U ID | 987007567536105171 |
P950 | National Library of Spain ID | XX6169249 |
P856 | official website | http://www.basilan.gov.ph/ |
P402 | OpenStreetMap relation ID | 1513281 |
P988 | Philippine Standard Geographic Code | 150700000 |
P3417 | Quora topic ID | Basilan |
P214 | VIAF ID | 132654445 |
P6766 | Who's on First ID | 85675955 |
P10832 | WorldCat Entities ID | E39PBJmXHXfchkhdbYXwhMHXBP |
P2046 | area | 1327.23 | |
P7938 | associated electoral district | Basilan's at-large congressional district | Q66771443 |
P36 | capital | Lamitan | Q1714 |
P7867 | category for maps | Category:Maps of Basilan | Q83979305 |
P3403 | coextensive with | Basilan | Q810053 |
P150 | contains the administrative territorial entity | Isabela | Q1710 |
Lamitan | Q1714 | ||
Hadji Mohammad Ajul | Q41998 | ||
Al-Barka | Q41999 | ||
Akbar | Q42589 | ||
Hadji Muhtamad | Q802075 | ||
Lantawan | Q802107 | ||
Maluso | Q802142 | ||
Sumisip | Q802171 | ||
Tabuan-Lasa | Q802202 | ||
Ungkaya Pukan | Q204771 | ||
Tuburan | Q630096 | ||
Tipo-Tipo | Q667595 | ||
P17 | country | Philippines | Q928 |
P1831 | electorate | 297322 | |
P3087 | fiscal/tax revenue | 1166990624.52 | |
P3896 | geoshape | http://commons.wikimedia.org/data/main/Data:Philippines/Basilan.map | |
P6 | head of government | Hadjiman S. Hataman-Salliman | Q5637924 |
P571 | inception | 1948-06-16 | |
1973-12-27 | |||
P1879 | income classification (Philippines) | 3rd provincial income class | Q23015457 |
P2564 | Köppen climate classification | tropical climate | Q135712 |
P2936 | language used | Chavacano | Q33281 |
Tausug | Q34142 | ||
Balangingih Sama | Q2880535 | ||
Central Sama | Q3470593 | ||
Yakan | Q3571351 | ||
P473 | local dialing code | 62 | |
P131 | located in the administrative territorial entity | Bangsamoro | Q806550 |
P421 | located in time zone | Philippine Standard Time | Q3543509 |
P706 | located in/on physical feature | Basilan | Q810053 |
P1538 | number of households | 73419 | |
P1313 | office held by head of government | Governor of Basilan | Q67275745 |
P1448 | official name | Province of Basilan | |
P1082 | population | 426207 | |
P8843 | poverty incidence | 42.5 | |
P47 | shares border with | Zamboanga City | Q1629 |
Sulu | Q13887 | ||
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Basilan | Q7026731 |
P2403 | total assets | 1813273430.39 | |
P2402 | total expenditure | 1019777075.48 | |
P2138 | total liabilities | 858073969.94 |
FileName: Isabela City Plaza.jpg
Description: Isabela City Plaza — in Basilan, of the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines.
Artist: Jjarivera
License: Public domain
FileName: Official Seal of Basilan.svg
Description: Official Seal of Basilan
Artist: The National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the Provincial Government of Basilan
License: Public domain
Description: Flag of the province of Basilan since 2019.
Artist: Baselle
License: Public domain
FileName: Official Seal of Basilan.svg
Description: Official Seal of Basilan
Artist: The National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the Provincial Government of Basilan
License: Public domain
ISO3166-2 | PH-BAS |
admin_level | 4 |
admin_type:PH | province |
int_ref | PH-BAS |
is_in:archipelago | Mindanao |
is_in:region | BARMM;Zamboanga Peninsula |
name | Basilan |
official_name | Province of Basilan |
place | state |
population | 556586 |
population:date | 2020-05-01 |
ref | 150700000 |
related_law | Presidential Decree No. 356 s. 1973 |
start_date | 1973-12-27 |
was_in:province | Zamboanga del Sur |
wikipedia | en:Basilan |
ISO3166-2 | PH-BAS |
admin_level | 4 |
admin_type:PH | province |
boundary | administrative |
int_ref | PH-BAS |
is_in:archipelago | Mindanao |
is_in:region | BARMM;Zamboanga Peninsula |
name | Basilan |
official_name | Province of Basilan |
population | 556586 |
population:date | 2020-05-01 |
ref | 150700000 |
related_law | Presidential Decree No. 356 s. 1973 |
start_date | 1973-12-27 |
type | boundary |
was_in:province | Zamboanga del Sur |
wikipedia | en:Basilan |