Sumisip | |
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| Municipality of Sumisip | |
 Map of Basilan with Sumisip highlighted | |
  Sumisip Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 6°25′N121°59′E / 6.42°N 121.98°E Coordinates: 6°25′N121°59′E / 6.42°N 121.98°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) |
| Province | Basilan |
| District | Lone District |
| Barangays | 29 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Gulam S. Salliman-Hataman |
| • Electorate | 20,849 voters (2016) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 567.60 km2 (219.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) [3] | |
| • Total | 41,730 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 7305 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
| Climate type | Tropical climate |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| Revenue (₱) | 139,299,986.18 (2016) |
| Native languages | Yakan Chavacano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Sumisip, officially the Municipality of Sumisip, (Tausūg: Lupah Sumisip; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Sumisip; Tagalog : Bayan ng Sumisip), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 41,730 people. [3]
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a quarter of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages alongside English.
The Province of Basilan is an island province of the Philippines in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Basilan Island is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It is just off the southern coast of the geographic Zamboanga Peninsula.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
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12 barangays that were not on Basilan Island seceded to form the municipality of Tabuan-Lasa through Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 187, [4] which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite held on March 29, 2008.
