Basilisa
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Basilisa, officially the Municipality of Basilisa (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Basilisa; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,911 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Basilisa,_Dinagat_Islands.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.named_for
- Basilisa Meso
- Settlement.other_name
- Rizal
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- June 17, 1967
- Settlement.parts_type
- Barangays
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Basilisa
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Dinagat Islands
- Population
- 27238
- Area
- 92.68
- Elevation
- 4
- Shares border with
- Libjo
- Official website
- basilisadinagatislands.gov.ph
- Households
- 7060
- Dialing code
- 86
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- postal code
- 8413
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1967-06-17
- poverty incidence
- 34.83
- electorate
- 15193
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 179547909.00
- total expenditure
- 145431813.51
- total assets
- 443814305.38
- total liabilities
- 100701103.11
- Commons category
- Basilisa
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- References
- External links
Basilisa, officially the Municipality of Basilisa (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Basilisa; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,911 people.
The municipality was created on June 17, 1967 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4986 and named it as Rizal. On June 21, 1969, the municipality was renamed as Basilisa by virtue of Republic Act No. 5775 in honor of the late former Mayor Basilisa Meso.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Basilisa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.