Basey | |
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Municipality of Basey | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°16′54″N125°04′06″E / 11.28167°N 125.06833°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | 1591 |
Barangays | 51 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Luz C. Ponferrada |
• Vice Mayor | Honesto M. Zeta |
• Representative | Reynolds Michael Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 39,576 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 513.01 km2 (198.07 sq mi) |
Elevation | 4.0 m (13.1 ft) |
Highest elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 56,685 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
• Households | 13,694 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 26.87 |
• Revenue | ₱ 261.5 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 784.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 186.2 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 179.7 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 2 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6720 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Basey, officially the Municipality of Basey (Waray : Bungto han Basey; Tagalog : Bayan ng Basey), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,685 people. [3]
On 8 November 2013, Basey was one of the places heavily devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, leaving more than 200 people dead.
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".
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. [5]
Climate data for Basey, Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90 (3.5) | 67 (2.6) | 82 (3.2) | 70 (2.8) | 97 (3.8) | 145 (5.7) | 142 (5.6) | 127 (5.0) | 132 (5.2) | 152 (6.0) | 169 (6.7) | 144 (5.7) | 1,417 (55.8) |
Average rainy days | 17.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 20.6 | 24.3 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 254.9 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 13,504 | — |
1918 | 18,100 | +1.97% |
1939 | 28,296 | +2.15% |
1948 | 35,523 | +2.56% |
1960 | 29,680 | −1.49% |
1970 | 35,165 | +1.71% |
1975 | 37,890 | +1.51% |
1980 | 36,760 | −0.60% |
1990 | 39,137 | +0.63% |
1995 | 40,114 | +0.46% |
2000 | 43,809 | +1.91% |
2007 | 48,389 | +1.38% |
2010 | 50,423 | +1.51% |
2015 | 55,480 | +1.84% |
2020 | 56,685 | +0.42% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Poverty Incidence of Basey
10 20 30 40 2006 30.90 2009 39.07 2012 34.79 2015 36.59 2018 26.87 2021 28.55 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
The town of Basey is famous for its beautiful Sohoton Caves, whose inner chamber features stalactites, stalagmites, and an underground river. [19] The town is also known for artistically woven decorative mats called Banig . Tourists buy these mats as souvenir items.
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