Basilan (province) facts for kids
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. 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.
The former capital is Isabela City.
Images for kids
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Rivers in Basilan
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Topographical map of Basilan and outlying islands
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Isabela, Lamitan, and Maluso
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Old Plaza Rizal and Plaza Misericordia, opposite Santa Isabel Cathedral, old City Hall (Provincial Capitol) atop the hill in the background.
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Examples of finely crafted Moro blades made from Basilan "basih" (iron).
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The first Spanish map of Mindanao officially naming "Basilan" island (instead of Taguima/Tagyma) by Nicolas Norton Nicols, published in 1757.
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Santa Isabel Cathedral, in the heart of Isabela City's poblacion, is the center of Basilan's thriving Catholic community.
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Yakan interior/east: Yakans gathered at Materling, Al Barka (Tipo-Tipo), Basilan, visited by Kapamilya broadcaster Bernadette Sembrano.
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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.
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Tausug south/southeast: Main road at Port Holland, Maluso, Basilan, flanked by Tausug traders and market stall owners.
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Basilan ethnicity profile
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Basilan Province population distribution (NSO figures 2010)
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US Ambassador Kristie Kenney with the Datu Bantilan Dance Troupe in traditional Yakan costume.
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Kaum Purnah Mosque, the oldest masjid on the island of Basilan
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Basilan Faith Profile
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Native Zamboangueño Chavacano speakers in Mindanao.
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Basilan National High School, Isabela, Basilan's premier secondary institution
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Furigay Colleges, Lamitan City, Basilan
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Basilan Economic Profile
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President Manuel Quezon tapping the sap of one of the trees in the pioneering Basilan rubber plantations developed by American Dr. James W. Strong.
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USS Vicksburg coaling at the Isabela Wharf, Basilan. Photo taken from the vantage point of the "floating" Naval Hospital, 1901.
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MNLF fighters surrender their firearms to President Ferdinand Marcos.
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Agrarian Reform Cooperatives of Basilan, Philippines
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Political map of Zamboanga Peninsula
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Basilan security profile
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Worker in a rubber producing plantation.
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Copra processing plant in Isabela City, Basilan
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Samal fishers engaged in lobster culture, a project of USAID GEM on Malamawi Island, Isabela City.
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Alano White Beach Resort, Malamawi Island, Isabela City, Basilan
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Old Basilan Provincial Capitol, former site of Fort Isabella Segunda
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Lami-Lamihan Festival, Lamitan, Basilan
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Farmland Resort, Lanote, Isabela, Basilan
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Philippine tarsier
See also
In Spanish: Basilan para niños
