Basista

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.{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=446, s. 1961|title=Creating the Municipality of Basista in the Province of Pangasinan|date=September 5, 1961|accessdate=September 16, 2023|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1961/09/05/executive-order-no-446-s-1961/|publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}} 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.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=4866|title=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|date=May 8, 1967|accessdate=September 16, 2023|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1967/ra_4866_1967.html|publisher=The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc.}}{{cite web|title=Basista|url=http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/basista/|work=Cities and Municipalities|publisher=Province of Pangasinan|accessdate=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021192218/http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/basista/|archive-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}

Basista is situated {{convert|30.34|km}} from the provincial capital Lingayen, and {{convert|204.71|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.

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

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

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| Jul high C = 30

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| Dec high C = 31

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| Aug low C = 23

| Sep low C = 23

| Oct low C = 23

| Nov low C = 23

| Dec low C = 22

| Jan precipitation mm = 5.1

| Feb precipitation mm = 11.6

| Mar precipitation mm = 21.1

| Apr precipitation mm = 27.7

| May precipitation mm = 232.9

| Jun precipitation mm = 350.8

| Jul precipitation mm = 679.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 733.1

| Sep precipitation mm = 505

| Oct precipitation mm = 176.6

| Nov precipitation mm = 67.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 17.7

| Jan rain days = 3

| Feb rain days = 3

| Mar rain days = 3

| Apr rain days = 4

| May rain days = 14

| Jun rain days = 18

| Jul rain days = 23

| Aug rain days = 25

| Sep rain days = 22

| Oct rain days = 15

| Nov rain days = 8

| Dec rain days = 4

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| title = Basista, Pangasinan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

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| accessdate = September 23, 2015}}

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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.

Members of the Municipal Council (2022):{{Cite web |title=Halalan 2022 Basista, Pangasinan Election Results |url=https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/local/pangasinan/basista |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=ABS-CBN Halalan 2022 Results}}

• 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

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.{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=April 27, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}

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• 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

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• Basista National High School
• Bayoyong National High School
• Dumpay National High School

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20170702105057/http://www.competitive.org.ph/cmcindex/pages/profile/?lgu=Basista Municipal Profile at the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines]
• [http://pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/basista/ Basista at the Pangasinan Government Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119191828/http://pangasinan.gov.ph/the-province/cities-and-municipalities/basista/ |date=January 19, 2019 }}
• [http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno4866.html Republic Act 4866 : An Act declaring Basista a duly constituted municipality of Pangasinan]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20161010201809/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23 Local Governance Performance Management System]
• [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Basista

| North = Malasiqui

| East = Malasiqui

| South = Bayambang

| Southwest = Urbiztondo

| Northwest = San Carlos

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Category:Municipalities of Pangasinan

Category:Political divisions established by Philippine executive order

Category:1961 establishments in the Philippines