Basilan
The Province of Basilan (Chavacano: Provincia de Basilan; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Basilan; Yakan: Wilayah Basilanin) is an island province of the Philippines that is found in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. The capital is Lamitan City.[1] The province was created on December 27, 1973.
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.[2]
The former capital is Isabela City.
Basilan Media
Examples of finely crafted Moro blades made from Basilan "basih" (iron).
Old Plaza Rizal and Plaza Misericordia, opposite Santa Isabel Cathedral, old City Hall (Provincial Capitol) atop the hill in the background.
The first Spanish map of Mindanao officially naming "Basilan" island (instead of Taguima/Tagyma) by Nicolas Norton Nicols, published in 1757.
Topographical map of Basilan and outlying islands
Isabela, Lamitan, and Maluso
Santa Isabel Cathedral, in the heart of Isabela City's poblacion, is the center of Basilan's thriving Catholic community.
Yakan interior/east: Yakans gathered at Materling, Al Barka (Tipo-Tipo), Basilan, visited by Kapamilya broadcaster Bernadette Sembrano.
Catholic north/northwest: J. S. Alano Street, one of the main thoroughfares of Isabela City, connecting Santa Isabel Cathedral with the Isabela City Plaza/Plaza Rizal and the Provincial Capitol.
Ethnicity profile of Basilan
Basilan Province population distribution (NSO figures 2010)
References
- ↑ "ARMM to put up new Basilan capitol". philstar.com.
- ↑ "Basilan starts construction of new provincial gov't center | Nation, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com". Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
