Basilan Island

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Basilan Island is a major island in the southern Philippines known for its ethnolinguistic diversity, including various Sama-speaking communities, and its strategic location in the Sulu Archipelago.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Basilan Island canonical 17
Basilan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
populated place
administrativeStatus core island of Basilan Province
climate tropical rainforest climate
country Philippines
economySector agriculture
coconut production
fishing
rubber production
ethnolinguisticDiversity high
hasCapital Isabela City
hasCity Lamitan
hasEthnicGroup Cebuano-speaking communities
Chavacano-speaking communities
Sama people
Tausug people
Yakan people
hasLanguage Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Chavacano
English
Filipino
Sama languages
Tausug language
linked to: Tausug

Yakan language
hasMunicipality Akbar
Al-Barka
Maluso
Sumisip
Tipo-Tipo
Tuburan
hasPort Isabela City Port
hasReligion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
knownFor ethnolinguistic diversity
strategic maritime location
largestCity Isabela City
locatedIn Sulu Archipelago
southern Philippines
locatedOnSeaLane Sulu Archipelago sea routes
locatedSouthOf Zamboanga City
partOf Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Basilan Province
linked to: Basilan

Mindanao island group
linked to: Mindanao
religionMajority Islam
separatedBy Basilan Strait
separatedFrom Zamboanga Peninsula
surroundedBy Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Sama spokenIn Basilan Island
Yakan region Basilan Island
Yakan people primaryLocation Basilan Island
Yakan people nativeTo Basilan Island
southern Philippines includes Basilan Island
Moro Gulf borderedBy Basilan Island
Tau Sug traditionalHomeland Basilan Island
Basilan island Basilan Island
Basilan hasMainIsland Basilan Island
Port of Zamboanga connectsTo Basilan Island
Basilan Strait separates Basilan Island
Basilan Strait adjacentTo Basilan Island
Yakan language region Basilan Island
Southwestern Philippines includes Basilan Island
Tausug people significantPopulationIn Basilan
linked to: Basilan Island
Jakan primaryLocation Basilan Island
Sama Bangingiʼ locatedIn Basilan Island
Yakan language region Basilan Island
subject linked to: yka