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Philippines: Basilan Provincial Profile
Basilan is located across the southern tip of Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) and is bounded on the north by Basilan Strait, on the east by Moro Gulf, on the
southeast by Celebes Sea and on the west by Sulu Sea. Geographically, it lies between latitudes 6 degrees 16’48” and 6 degrees 45’56” north and between
longitudes 121 degrees 26’00” and 122 degrees 24’38” east. Basilan Province has a total land area of 1,379 square kilometers (sq. km.) including islets within its
ZAMBOANGA
territorial boundary. Basilan ranks fourth in terms of land area among the provinces of ARMM. The province
DEL NORTE
is composed of two component cities and eleven municipalities. The ancient name of Basilan Island was 1 11 210
Tagime, named after a Datu who once ruled a big part of the island before the Spaniards came to Basilan.
(Source: http://www.basilan.gov.ph/basilan/) CITY MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS
POPULATION Source: PSA 2015 & 2010 Census / DSWD
ZAMBOANGA
DEL SUR
Sulu Sea
Teinga Is. 96.1%
3.9%
Sangboy Is. 346,579 59,860
Bongo Is. Langil Is. households Urban / Rural
Malamaui Is.
Little Coco Is. Sibago Is.
Balukbaluk Is.
AKBAR 48.7% 51.3 %
CITY OF CITY OF HADJI
ISABELA LAMITAN MOHAMMAD female male
LANTAWAN AJUL (104.3K) (109.9K)
HADJI TUBURAN 4%
MUHTAMAD 6.7K > 60 years 6.3K
Mataja Is. UNGKAYA
PUKAN TIPO-TIPO
MALUSO 45%
SUMISIP AL-BARKA 79.1K 19-59 years 75.4K
Tamuk Is.
Bihintinusa Is. 14%
24.6K 13-18 years 24.9K
TABUAN-LASA
Celebes Sea 29%
49.4K 3-12 years 51.3K
8%
Moro Gulf 13.9K < 2 years 14.5K
Vulnerable groups (based on DSWD-NHTS database)
SULU
Conditional Cash Transfer
Programming Beneficiaries
Legend 31,365 Female 31 118 688 4,395 1,944
households Male 152 580 779 1,707 2,003
Province capital child-headed single-headed poor individuals solo parent poor individuals
Poverty incidence (%) </= 10 11 - 30 31 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 84 households households w/ disability =>18 years old =>65 years old
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGEINE Source: PSA 2015/2010 Census SHELTER Source: PSA 2015 Census
Water Roof/Wall material
supply
57,704 Roof
Housing units

Faucet Strong Light Salvaged
community Tubed; Dug Natural
system piped well Bottled sources Others
35.6% 22.7% 28.0% 1.3% 7.3% 5.1% Strong 19.0% 0.9% 0.0%
Toilets (based on census 2010)
Wall
Light 42.6% 36.9% 0.1%
32.3% 24.2% 19.9% 23.7%
Salvaged 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Water-sealed None Closed pit Open pit

EDUCATION Source: DepEd 2016 NUTRITION Source: FNRI 2013/2015 HEALTH Source: DOH (Personnel 2016/Facilities 2017)

Malnutrition (0-60 months old) Personnel
200
Primary schools

27,306 26,789
Male primary Female primary 48.1% 26.6%* 4.4%* 5 26 9 2
school students school students
Stunting Underweight Wasting Midwives Nurses Doctors Dentists
* Estimates with coefficient of variation greater than 20
Facilities
24 Food
Secondary schools
insecurity
4,470 5,837 (households) 8.3% 39.0% 33.2%
Male secondary Female secondary 1 15 2
school students school students Mild Moderate Severe
Barangay health Rural health Hospitals
station units (government/private)
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: February 2018
Sources: PSA, DOH, NAMRIA, FNRI, DepEd, DSWD Feedback: addawe@un.org, aportol@un.org, mendoza1@un.org www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info