Basista, officially the Municipality of Basista ( pag, Baley na Basista; ilo, Ili ti Basista; tgl, Bayan ng Basista), is a 4th class
municipality in the
province of
Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...
,
Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,679 people.
Basista is from
Lingayen and from
Manila.
History
The former barrio of San Carlos, 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 made the first attempt to petition the municipal government and the provincial board of San Carlos and Pangasinan respectively to grant the township of 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,
President Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos Polestico Garcia (November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971) was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth president of the Philippines. A l ...
issued Executive Order No. 446 creating the town of Basista composed of 13 barrios out of the 28 that petitioned. Four years after, however, the
Philippine Supreme Court declared the town's creation as without legal basis citing their ruling in the "''
Emmanuel Pelaez vs. Auditor General''" that "municipalities created under Executive Orders are void". It was here that
Republic Act No. 4866 filed by
Representative Jack L. Soriano was enacted into law and legally created Basista as a town of Pangasinan.
Geography
Barangays
Basista is politically subdivided into 13
barangays.
![Basista,Pangasinan, Philippines Barangays](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Basista%2CPangasinan%2C_Philippines_Barangays.svg)
* Anambongan
* Bayoyong
* Cabeldatan
* Dumpay
* Malimpec East
* Mapolopolo
* Nalneran
* Navatat
* Obong
* Osmena, Sr.
* Palma
* Patacbo
* Poblacion
These barangays are headed by elected officials:
Barangay Captain,
Barangay Council
The Sangguniang Barangay, also known as the Barangay Council, and formerly as the Rural Council and then the Barrio Council, is the legislative body of a barangay, the lowest form of government in the Philippines. The term is coined from the Tag ...
, whose members are called
Barangay Councilors
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
. All are elected every three years.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Government
Basista, belonging to the
second congressional district of the province of
Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...
, 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.
Elected officials
Landmarks
* Mary Help of Christians Parish Church of Basista
* Basista Municipal Hall
* Basista Central School
* Basista National High School
Image gallery
File:BasistaChurchf8279 12.JPG, Mary Help of Christians Parish Church of Basista
File:Basista,Pangasinanjf8146 11.JPG, Rizal monument
File:Basistajf8249 05.JPG, Park, glorietta and plaza
File:Basista,Pangasinanjf8143 01.JPG, Public market and tricycle terminal
File:Basistajf8234 07.JPG, Auditorium
File:Basista,Pangasinanjf8137 04.JPG, Downtown
File:Basistajf8249 06.JPG, Basista Mayor monument
File:Basistajf8249 07.JPG, Basista Gymnasium
File:Basista National High School campus.jpg, Basista National High School
References
External links
Basista Profile at PhilAtlas.comMunicipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the PhilippinesBasista at the Pangasinan Government Website*
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Philippine Standard Geographic Code
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
Philippine Census Information
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