Basista

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Basista
Municipality
Municipality of Basista
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Nickname: 
Home of the finest musicians
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Basista
Location within the Philippines
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
CharteredMay 8, 1967
Barangays 13 (see Barangays)
Government
  [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 •  Mayor Jolly R. Resuello
 •  Vice Mayor Dante P. Bustarde
 •  Representative Mark Cojuangco
 •  Municipal Council
Members
  • Christian S. Bacani
  • Jake Niccole L. Perez
  • Dominador A. Frias
  • Monica N. Ramos
  • Vanessa F. Baraquio
  • Marino C. Capua
  • Bernard S. Doria
  • Teresita S. Erquiza
 •  Electorate 26,433 voters (2025)
Area
[2]
 • 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
 (2024 census) [3]
 • Total
37,840
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
 •  Households
8,824
Economy
 •  Income class 4th municipal income class
 •  Poverty incidence
18.54
% (2021) [4]
 •  Revenue ₱ 170.6 million (2022)
 •  Assets ₱ 195.3 million (2022)
 •  Expenditure ₱ 140.2 million (2022)
 •  Liabilities ₱ 28.54 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityCentral Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2422
PSGC
0105509000
IDD  :  area code  +63 (0)75
Native languages Pangasinan
Ilocano
Tagalog

Basista, officially the Municipality of Basista (Pangasinan : Baley na Basista; Ilocano : Ili ti Basista; Tagalog : Bayan ng Basista), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,679 people. [5]

Contents

Basista is 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Lingayen, 198 kilometres (123 mi) from Manila, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from San Carlos, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Bayambang.

History

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 the provincial 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, President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order No. 446, creating the town of Basista composed of 13 out of the 28 barrios that petitioned. [6] Four years after, however, the Philippine 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 that Republic Act No. 4866 filed by Pangasinan 2nd District Representative Jack L. Soriano was enacted into law and legally created Basista as a town of Pangasinan. [7] [8]

Geography

Basista is situated 30.34 kilometres (18.85 mi) from the provincial capital Lingayen, and 204.71 kilometres (127.20 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

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Barangays of Basista

Basista is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Anambongan
  • Bayoyong
  • Cabeldatan
  • Dumpay
  • Malimpec East
  • Mapolopolo
  • Nalneran
  • Navatat
  • Obong
  • Osmena, Sr.
  • Palma
  • Patacbo
  • Poblacion

Climate

Climate data for Basista, Pangasinan
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)
Average precipitation 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 days333414182325221584142
Source: World Weather Online (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [9]

Demographics

Population census of Basista
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970 14,204—    
1975 15,241+1.42%
1980 17,191+2.44%
1990 22,360+2.66%
1995 24,278+1.55%
2000 26,616+1.99%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 28,104+0.75%
2010 30,385+2.88%
2015 32,959+1.56%
2020 37,679+2.86%
2024 37,840+0.10%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Economy

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Public market and tricycle terminal

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 [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Government

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Basista Town Hall

Local government

Basista, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, 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

Members of the Municipal Council (2022): [23]

Education

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. [24]

Primary and elementary schools

  • Alejandro V. Frias Elementary School
  • Anambongan Elementary School
  • Aquilino Banaag Elementary School
  • Basista Central School
  • BFF (Bancolita-Frias Family) Learning Academy
  • Cabeldatan Elementary School
  • Dumpay Elementary School
  • Magsaysay Elementary School
  • Mary Help of Christians Catholic School
  • Obong Elementary School
  • Patacbo Elementary School
  • Perez Elementary School
  • Palma Elementary School

Secondary schools

References

  1. ↑   Municipality of Basista | (DILG)
  2. ↑ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ Executive Order No. 446, s. 1961 (September 5, 1961), Creating the Municipality of Basista in the Province of Pangasinan, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines , retrieved September 16, 2023
  7. ↑ Republic Act No. 4866 (May 8, 1967), An Act Declaring Basista, Province of Pangasinan, Created by Executive Order Numbered Four Hundred Forty-Six Dated September Five, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-One, as a Duly Constituted Municipality, The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc., retrieved September 16, 2023
  8. ↑ "Basista". Cities and Municipalities. Province of Pangasinan. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Basista, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". World Weather Online. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ Census of Population (2015). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region I (Ilocos Region)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  14. ↑ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
  17. ↑ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
  18. ↑ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
  19. ↑ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
  21. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  22. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Halalan 2022 Basista, Pangasinan Election Results". ABS-CBN Halalan 2022 Results. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Masterlist of Schools" (PDF). Department of Education. January 15, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
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