Basilan

E465025

administrative territorial entity island province province

Basilan is an island province in the southern Philippines known for its predominantly Muslim population, strategic location in the Sulu Archipelago, and history of both cultural diversity and security challenges.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Basilan canonical	6
Basilan Province	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ island province ⓘ province ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	cacao ⓘ coconut ⓘ coffee ⓘ rubber ⓘ
borderedBy	Basilan Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Isabela City NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
culturalGroup	indigenous Yakan people ⓘ
economy	agriculture-based economy ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Cebuano-speaking population ⓘ Chavacano-speaking population ⓘ Sama-Bajau NERFINISHED ⓘ Tausug NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakan NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Provincial Government of Basilan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Basilan Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater	Celebes Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulu Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity	Isabela City NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegislativeDistrict	Lone legislative district of Basilan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainIsland	Basilan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMunicipality	Akbar NERFINISHED ⓘ Al-Barka NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadji Mohammad Ajul NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadji Muhtamad NERFINISHED ⓘ Lantawan NERFINISHED ⓘ Maluso NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumisip NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabuan-Lasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tipo-Tipo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ungkaya Pukan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort	Isabela City Port NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamitan Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Martial law era conflicts ⓘ Moro resistance against American colonial rule ⓘ Moro resistance against Spanish colonial rule ⓘ operations against Abu Sayyaf Group ⓘ
island	Basilan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	cultural diversity ⓘ predominantly Muslim population ⓘ security challenges ⓘ strategic location in the Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
language	Cebuano NERFINISHED ⓘ Chavacano NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ Tausug language ⓘ Yakan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCity	Lamitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao NERFINISHED ⓘ Mindanao NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
nearbyCity	Zamboanga City NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringIsland	Jolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zamboanga Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sulu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousMinority	Christian communities ⓘ
securityActor	Philippine Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine National Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityIssue	insurgency ⓘ kidnapping incidents ⓘ
timeZone	Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalCraft	Yakan weaving NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao → hasProvince → Basilan ⓘ

Tausug → associatedWithProvince → Basilan ⓘ

Chavacano → spokenIn → Basilan ⓘ

Sulu Archipelago → hasProvince → Basilan ⓘ

Sulu Archipelago → majorIsland → Basilan ⓘ

Southern Sama → spokenIn → Basilan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basilan Province

Yakan → spokenIn → Basilan ⓘ