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Basista
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| Municipality of Basista | |
Basista Town Hall
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| Nickname:
Home of the finest musicians
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Map of Pangasinan with Basista highlighted
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  Basista Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°51′09″N 120°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 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jolly R. Resuello |
| • Vice Mayor | Dante P. Bustarde |
| • Representative | Mark Cojuangco |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 25,118 voters (2022) |
| 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]
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| • Total | 37,679 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| • Households | 8,824 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence |
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| • Revenue | ₱ 114.5 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 165.9 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 111.7 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 14.38 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code |
2422
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| PSGC | |
| 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 4th class municipality in the provinceofPangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,679 people.[3]
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.
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 of San Carlos and the provincial board of Pangasinan 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 issued Executive Order No. 446 creating the town of Basista composed of 13 barrios out of the 28 that petitioned.[5] 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 Pangasinan 2nd District Representative Jack L. Soriano was enacted into law and legally created Basista as a town of Pangasinan.[6][7]
Basista is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| 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) |
| 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 days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 142 |
| Source: World Weather Online[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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% |
| 2007 | 28,104 | +0.75% |
| 2010 | 30,385 | +2.88% |
| 2015 | 32,959 | +1.56% |
| 2020 | 37,679 | +2.67% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | ||
Poverty incidence of Basista
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10
15
20
25
30
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018
2021
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
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.
| Position | Name |
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| Mayor | Jolly R. Resuello |
| Vice Mayor | Dante P. Bustarde |
| Councilors | Christian S. Bacani |
| Jake Niccole L. Perez | |
| Dominador A. Frias | |
| Monica N. Ramos | |
| Vanessa F. Baraquio | |
| Marino C. Capua | |
| Bernard S. Doria | |
| Teresita S. Erguiza |
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