
Lamitan
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Lamitan, officially the City of Lamitan (Chavacano: Ciudad de Lamitan; Yakan: Siyudad Lamitanin; Tausūg: Dāira sin Lamitan; ), is a component city and de jure capital of the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 100,150 people.
Key facts
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- Lamitan City Hall (Rizal Avenue, Lamitan, Basilan; 10-07-2023).jpg
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- Lamitan City Hall
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- Flag_of_Lamitan,_Basilan.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Lamitan City.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Region
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- Province
- Settlement.named_for
- Lami-Lamihan
- Settlement.native_name
- لميتن
- Settlement.motto
- Lamitan Kong Mahal (Lamitan, My Love)
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- District
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- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- City of Lamitan
- Population
- 116652
- Area
- 354.45
- Elevation
- 118
- Official website
- lamitancity.gov.ph
- Image
- Lamitan Poblacion, Quezon Boulevard rotonda (Lamitan, Basilan; 10-07-2023).jpg
- Households
- 19353
- Dialing code
- 62
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- Commons category
- Lamitan
- postal code
- 7302
- inception
- 1886-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 35.99
- electorate
- 51524
- total assets
- 1334945247.25
- total expenditure
- 770427134.52
- total liabilities
- 460535616.11
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1026227640.89
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- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Colonization era
- Establishment
- Cityhood
- Contemporary
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Historical sites
- Education
- Tertiary
- Secondary
- Elementary
- References
- External links
Lamitan, officially the City of Lamitan (Chavacano: Ciudad de Lamitan; Yakan: Siyudad Lamitanin; Tausūg: Dāira sin Lamitan; ), is a component city and de jure capital of the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 100,150 people.
The city is bounded on the east by the municipality of Tuburan, on the south by Tipo-Tipo, on the west by Isabela and on the north by Basilan Strait.
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