Basilisa

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Municipality in Dinagat Islands, Philippines

title: "Basilisa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-dinagat-islands"] description: "Municipality in Dinagat Islands, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-dinagat-islands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Dinagat Islands, Philippines ::

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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.

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.

The town became a part of the province of Dinagat Islands in December 2006, when the province was created from Surigao del Norte by Republic Act No. 9355. However, in February 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional, as the necessary requirements for provincial land area and population were not met. The town reverted to Surigao del Norte. On October 24, 2012, however, the Supreme Court reversed its ruling from the previous year, and upheld the constitutionality of RA 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province.

Geography

Barangays

Basilisa is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Benglen
  • Catadman (Kapakyan)
  • Columbus
  • Coring
  • Cortes
  • Diegas
  • Doña Helene
  • Edera
  • Poblacion Ferdinand
  • Geotina
  • Imee (Bactasan)
  • Melgar
  • Montag
  • Navarro
  • New Nazareth
  • Poblacion (Rizal)
  • Puerto Princesa
  • Rita Glenda
  • Roma
  • Roxas
  • Santa Monica
  • Tag-abaca
  • Poblacion Santo Niño
  • Sering
  • Sombrado
  • Villa Ecleo
  • Villa Pantinople

Climate

| location = Basilisa, Dinagat Islands | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 27 | Jan low C = 23 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 23 | Mar high C = 28 | Mar low C = 23 | Apr high C = 30 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 30 | May low C = 25 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 25 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 25 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 25 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 25 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 25 | Nov high C = 29 | Nov low C = 24 | Dec high C = 28 | Dec low C = 24 | Jan precipitation mm = 210 | Feb precipitation mm = 161 | Mar precipitation mm = 123 | Apr precipitation mm = 85 | May precipitation mm = 148 | Jun precipitation mm = 186 | Jul precipitation mm = 164 | Aug precipitation mm = 157 | Sep precipitation mm = 141 | Oct precipitation mm = 190 | Nov precipitation mm = 223 | Dec precipitation mm = 200 | Jan rain days = 21.0 | Feb rain days = 16.8 | Mar rain days = 18.5 | Apr rain days = 18.2 | May rain days = 24.9 | Jun rain days = 27.7 | Jul rain days = 28.4 | Aug rain days = 27.0 | Sep rain days = 26.1 | Oct rain days = 27.6 | Nov rain days = 24.6 | Dec rain days = 22.0 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/basilisa_philippines_1726396 | title = Basilisa: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 25 December 2019 }} | date = 25 December 2019

Demographics

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Economy

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. Tetch Torres. (2010-02-11). "Dinagat Islands province back to being a town". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. (January 9, 2013). "IRA Shares for LGUs Jump by 37.5% in 2013". Office of the President of the Philippines.

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