Basey

{{Short description|Municipality in Samar, Philippines}}

{{for|the Welsh footballer|Grant Basey}}

{{distinguish|text=Basay, Negros Oriental, another municipality}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Luz C. Ponferrada

| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name1 = Honesto M. Zeta

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| leader_name2 = Reynolds Michael Tan

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| 4 = • Marilyn M. Homeres

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| 6 = • Mansueto M. Delovino

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| 8 = • Vicente C. Labuac

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Basey, officially the Municipality of Basey ({{langx|war|Bungto han Basey}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Basey}}), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,685 people.{{PH census|current}}

On 8 November 2013, Basey was one of the places heavily devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, leaving more than 200 people dead.

Basey, strategically located across Tacloban, has become a satellite commercial and trade center in the southwestern area of Samar.

Etymology

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".

Geography

=Barangays=

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.{{cite web|url=http://lawph.com/statutes/ra1652.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720063731/http://lawph.com/statutes/ra1652.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-20 |title=An Act Converting the Sitio of Cancoral in the Municipality of Basey, Province of Samar, into Barrio of Roxas |publisher=LawPH.com |access-date=2011-04-12 }}

{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}

  • Amandayehan
  • Anglit
  • Bacubac
  • Baloog
  • Basiao
  • Buenavista
  • Burgos
  • Cambayan
  • Can-abay
  • Cancaiyas
  • Canmanila
  • Catadman
  • Cogon
  • Dolongan
  • Guintigui-an
  • Guirang
  • Balante
  • Iba
  • Inuntan
  • Loog
  • Mabini
  • Magallanes
  • Manlilinab
  • Del Pilar
  • May-it
  • Mongabong
  • New San Agustin
  • Nouvelas Occidental
  • Old San Agustin
  • Panugmonon
  • Pelit
  • Baybay (Poblacion)
  • Buscada (Poblacion)
  • Lawa-an (Poblacion)
  • Loyo (Poblacion)
  • Mercado (Poblacion)
  • Palaypay (Poblacion)
  • Sulod (Poblacion)
  • Roxas
  • Salvacion
  • San Antonio
  • San Fernando
  • Sawa
  • Serum
  • Sugca
  • Sugponon
  • Tinaogan
  • Tingib
  • Villa Aurora
  • Binongtu-an
  • Bulao

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=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Basey, Samar

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 28

| Jan low C = 22

| Feb high C = 28

| Feb low C = 22

| Mar high C = 29

| Mar low C = 22

| Apr high C = 30

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 30

| May low C = 24

| Jun high C = 30

| Jun low C = 24

| Jul high C = 29

| Jul low C = 24

| Aug high C = 30

| Aug low C = 24

| Sep high C = 30

| Sep low C = 24

| Oct high C = 29

| Oct low C = 24

| Nov high C = 29

| Nov low C = 23

| Dec high C = 28

| Dec low C = 23

| Jan precipitation mm = 90

| Feb precipitation mm = 67

| Mar precipitation mm = 82

| Apr precipitation mm = 70

| May precipitation mm = 97

| Jun precipitation mm = 145

| Jul precipitation mm = 142

| Aug precipitation mm = 127

| Sep precipitation mm = 132

| Oct precipitation mm = 152

| Nov precipitation mm = 169

| Dec precipitation mm = 144

| Jan rain days = 17.0

| Feb rain days = 13.5

| Mar rain days = 16.0

| Apr rain days = 16.5

| May rain days = 20.6

| Jun rain days = 24.3

| Jul rain days = 26.0

| Aug rain days = 25.4

| Sep rain days = 25.2

| Oct rain days = 26.4

| Nov rain days = 23.0

| Dec rain days = 21.0

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/basey_philippines_1726436

| title =Basey: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| access-date = 29 February 2020 }}

| date = 29 February 2020

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Demographics

{{Philippine Census

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| title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}}

| 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}}

| 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}}

| 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}}

| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}

| 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}}

| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}

| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}

| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}

| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}

| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}

| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}

| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}

| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}

| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}

| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}

| 2025 =

| 2030 =

| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}

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Economy

{{PH poverty incidence}}

Tourism

The town of Basey is famous for its beautiful Sohoton Caves, whose inner chamber features stalactites, stalagmites, and an underground river.{{cite web|title=Sohoton Caves, Basey, Samar|url=http://gerryruiz.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/sohoton-caves/|publisher=gerryruiz photoblog|access-date=22 August 2013}} The town is also known for artistically woven decorative mats called Banig. Tourists buy these mats as souvenir items.

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