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Basista | |
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| Municipality of Basista | |
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| Nickname: Home of the finest musicians | |
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.svg)  Basista Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:15°51′09″N120°23′51″E / 15.8524°N 120.3976°E /15.8524; 120.3976 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Pangasinan |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | September 5, 1961 |
| Chartered | May 8, 1967 |
| Barangays | 13 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jolly R. Resuello |
| • Vice Mayor | Dante P. Bustarde |
| • Representative | Mark Cojuangco |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 26,433 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.00 km2 (9.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 37,679 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| • Households | 8,824 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 18.54 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 170.6 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 195.3 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 140.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 28.54 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2422 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)75 |
| Native languages | Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog |
Basista, officially theMunicipality of Basista (Pangasinan:Baley na Basista;Ilocano:Ili ti Basista;Tagalog:Bayan ng Basista), is amunicipality in theprovince ofPangasinan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,679 people.[3]
Basista is 29 kilometres (18 mi) fromLingayen, 198 kilometres (123 mi) fromManila, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) fromSan Carlos, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) fromBayambang.
The former barrio, now the site of the town proper or poblacion, was once the biggest and one of the progressive barrios located in the far south of the mother town,San Carlos (now a city).
As early as 1918, influential and prominent citizens of the then barrio of Basista came together and initiated an attempt to petition the municipal government of San Carlos and theprovincial board of Pangasinan to grant the status of township to their barrios. Prominent politicians during that time volunteered their help in making representations with the proper authorities, but their request was not granted.
On September 5, 1961,PresidentCarlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order No. 446, creating the town of Basista composed of 13 out of the 28 barrios that petitioned.[5] Four years after, however, thePhilippine Supreme Court declared the town's creation as being without legal basis, citing their ruling in the "Emmanuel Pelaez vs. Auditor General" that "municipalities created under Executive Orders are void". It was here thatRepublic Act No. 4866 filed by Pangasinan 2nd DistrictRepresentative Jack L. Soriano was enacted into law and legally created Basista as a town of Pangasinan.[6][7]
Basista is situated 30.34 kilometres (18.85 mi) from the provincial capitalLingayen, and 204.71 kilometres (127.20 mi) from the country's capital city ofManila.
Basista is politically subdivided into 13barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Basista, Pangasinan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 5.1 (0.20) | 11.6 (0.46) | 21.1 (0.83) | 27.7 (1.09) | 232.9 (9.17) | 350.8 (13.81) | 679.8 (26.76) | 733.1 (28.86) | 505 (19.9) | 176.6 (6.95) | 67.2 (2.65) | 17.7 (0.70) | 2,828.6 (111.38) |
| Average rainy days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 142 |
| Source: World Weather Online(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[8] | |||||||||||||
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| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poverty incidence of Basista
10 20 30 40 2000 38.29 2003 25.90 2006 29.90 2009 24.61 2012 11.61 2015 17.62 2018 14.48 2021 18.54 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
Basista, belonging to thesecond congressional district of the province ofPangasinan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
Members of the Municipal Council (2022):[21]
The Basista Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public elementary and high schools.[22]
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