Basista, Pangasinan
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Basista Town Hall
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 Map of Pangasinan showing the location of Basista |
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| Coordinates: 15°51′N 120°24′E / 15.850°N 120.400°ECoordinates: 15°51′N 120°24′E / 15.850°N 120.400°E | ||
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Ilocos (Region I) | |
| Province | Pangasinan | |
| District | 2nd district of Pangasinan | |
| Founded | 1961 | |
| Officially Declared as Municipality | May 8, 1967 | |
| Barangays | 13 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Manolito de Leon | |
| • Vice Mayor | Jolly Roque Resuello | |
| • Electorate | 19,611, 17,737 voters (2016 election) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 24.00 km2 (9.27 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 32,959 | |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 2422 | |
| 015509000 | ||
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)75 | |
| Income class | 4th municipal income class | |
| Revenue | ₱ 4,438,101.87 (2016) | |
| Poverty incidence | 11.61 (2012) | |
Basista is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 32,959 people.
Basista is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.
The former barrio of Basista, 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 the year 1918, some of the most influential and prominent citizens of the then barrio of Basista came together and made the first attempt to petition the municipal government and the provincial board of San Carlos and Pangasinan respectively 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. Some of those leaders were: General Mamaril, Don Valeriano Perez, father of then speaker Eugenio Pérez, Buenaventura de Vera, Telesforo de Vera, Gregorio Malicdem, Cayetano Perez, Gaudencio Padua, Gregorio Valdez, Ramon Valdez, Don Roque de Vera, Domingo Resultay, Bernardo Resultay, Liberato Frias, Hipolito Cayabyab, Alejandro de guzman , Pascual Resultay, Raymundo de Guzman, Vicente de Guzman, Domingo de Guzman, Vicente Frias, Florentino Malicdem, Faustino Monzon, Cornelio de Guzman, Felix de Guzman, Juan Malicdem, Federico Cancino, Artemio Frias, Claudio de Guzman and several others.
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. 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 Congressman Jack L. Soriano was enacted into law and legally created Basista as a town of Pangasinan.
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