Basey

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Municipality in Samar, Philippines

title: "Basey" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-samar-(province)", "basey"] description: "Municipality in Samar, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-samar-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basey" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Samar, Philippines ::

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Basey, officially the Municipality of Basey (; ), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 57,645 people.

On 8 November 2013, Basey was one of the places heavily devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, leaving more than 200 people dead.

Basey, strategically located across Tacloban, has become a satellite commercial and trade center in the southwestern area of Samar.

Etymology

The town's name is pronounced "Basai" or "Basay", not "basÉY". This mispronunciation was propagated by American soldiers in the early days of the American colonial period. There is no "ey" sound in the Waray-Waray language. Basay is from the Waray word mabaysay, meaning "beautiful".

Geography

Barangays

Basey is politically subdivided into 51 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In 1957, the sitio of Cancoral was converted into the barrio of Roxas.

  • Amandayehan
  • Anglit
  • Bacubac
  • Baloog
  • Basiao
  • Buenavista
  • Burgos
  • Cambayan
  • Can-abay
  • Cancaiyas
  • Canmanila
  • Catadman
  • Cogon
  • Dolongan
  • Guintigui-an
  • Guirang
  • Balante
  • Iba
  • Inuntan
  • Loog
  • Mabini
  • Magallanes
  • Manlilinab
  • Del Pilar
  • May-it
  • Mongabong
  • New San Agustin
  • Nouvelas Occidental
  • Old San Agustin
  • Panugmonon
  • Pelit
  • Baybay (Poblacion)
  • Buscada (Poblacion)
  • Lawa-an (Poblacion)
  • Loyo (Poblacion)
  • Mercado (Poblacion)
  • Palaypay (Poblacion)
  • Sulod (Poblacion)
  • Roxas
  • Salvacion
  • San Antonio
  • San Fernando
  • Sawa
  • Serum
  • Sugca
  • Sugponon
  • Tinaogan
  • Tingib
  • Villa Aurora
  • Binongtu-an
  • Bulao

Climate

| location = Basey, Samar | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 28 | Jan low C = 22 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 22 | Mar high C = 29 | Mar low C = 22 | Apr high C = 30 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 30 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 24 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 24 | Nov high C = 29 | Nov low C = 23 | Dec high C = 28 | Dec low C = 23 | Jan precipitation mm = 90 | Feb precipitation mm = 67 | Mar precipitation mm = 82 | Apr precipitation mm = 70 | May precipitation mm = 97 | Jun precipitation mm = 145 | Jul precipitation mm = 142 | Aug precipitation mm = 127 | Sep precipitation mm = 132 | Oct precipitation mm = 152 | Nov precipitation mm = 169 | Dec precipitation mm = 144 | Jan rain days = 17.0 | Feb rain days = 13.5 | Mar rain days = 16.0 | Apr rain days = 16.5 | May rain days = 20.6 | Jun rain days = 24.3 | Jul rain days = 26.0 | Aug rain days = 25.4 | Sep rain days = 25.2 | Oct rain days = 26.4 | Nov rain days = 23.0 | Dec rain days = 21.0 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/basey_philippines_1726436 | title =Basey: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | access-date = 29 February 2020 }} | date = 29 February 2020

Demographics

| align= none | title= Population census of | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = | 1970 = | 1975 = | 1980 = | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Economy

Tourism

The town of Basey is famous for its beautiful Sohoton Caves, whose inner chamber features stalactites, stalagmites, and an underground river. The town is also known for artistically woven decorative mats called Banig. Tourists buy these mats as souvenir items.

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. "An Act Converting the Sitio of Cancoral in the Municipality of Basey, Province of Samar, into Barrio of Roxas". LawPH.com.
  3. "Sohoton Caves, Basey, Samar". gerryruiz photoblog.

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