Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Basilan
City of Lamitan

Lamitan

Bangsamoro, or Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in full, is a Muslim-dominant region of . The region once formed the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, renamed after a plebiscite in January 2019.
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  • Type: City with 100,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Basilan
  • Also known as: “City of Lamitan”, “Lamitan City”, “Lamitan City, Basilan”, and “Lamitan, Basilan”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akbar and Tuburan.

Town
, officially the Municipality of , is a municipality in the province of , Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,098 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.

Town
, officially the Municipality of , is a municipality in the province of , . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,742 people.

Lamitan

Latitude
6.65756° or 6° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
122.14497° or 122° 8′ 42″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Inception
1886
Open location code
6QR4M45V+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198529319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1707761
Wiki­data ID
Q1714
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Lamitan” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Lamitan”
  • Balinese: “Lamitan”
  • Banjar: “Lamitan”
  • Basque: “Lamitan”
  • Batak Toba: “Lamitan”
  • Belarusian: “Ламітан”
  • Buginese: “Lamitan”
  • Capiznon: “Lamitan”
  • Catalan: “Lamitan”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Lamitan”
  • Cebuano: “Lamitan City”
  • Cebuano: “Lamitan, Basilan”
  • Cebuano: “Lamitan”
  • Central Bikol: “Lamitan”
  • Chavacano: “Lamitan”
  • Chinese: “拉米坦”
  • Chinese: “拉米坦市”
  • Dagbani: “Lamitan”
  • Danish: “Lamitan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lamitan”
  • Dutch: “Lamitan”
  • Esperanto: “Lamitan”
  • Fijian: “Lamitan”
  • French: “Lamitan”
  • Georgian: “ლამიტანი (ბასილანი)”
  • Georgian: “ლამიტანი”
  • Georgian: “ქალაქი ლამიტანი (ბასილანი)”
  • Georgian: “ქალაქი ლამიტანი”
  • German: “Lamitan City”
  • German: “Lamitan”
  • Gorontalo: “Lamitan”
  • Hausa: “Lamitan”
  • Hiligaynon: “Lamitan”
  • Hiri Motu: “Lamitan”
  • Hungarian: “Lamitan City”
  • Hungarian: “Lamitan”
  • Igbo: “Lamitan”
  • Iloko: “Lamitan”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Lamitan”
  • Indonesian: “Lamitan”
  • Irish: “Lamitan”
  • Italian: “Lamitan”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Lamitan”
  • Japanese: “ラミタン”
  • Javanese: “Lamitan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Lamitan”
  • Kongo: “Lamitan”
  • Latvian: “Lamitana”
  • Malagasy: “Lamitan”
  • Malay: “Lamitan”
  • Maori: “Lamitan”
  • Minangkabau: “Lamitan”
  • Nauru: “Lamitan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamitan City”
  • Norwegian: “Lamitan City”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lamitan”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lamitan”
  • Oromo: “Lamitan”
  • Paiwan: “Lamitan”
  • Pampanga: “Lamitan”
  • Pangasinan: “Lamitan”
  • Portuguese: “Lamitan”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Lamitan”
  • Russian: “Lamitan”
  • Russian: “Ламитан”
  • Sakizaya: “Lamitan”
  • Samoan: “Lamitan”
  • Scots: “Lamitan”
  • Spanish: “Lamitan”
  • Sundanese: “Lamitan”
  • Swahili: “Lamitan”
  • Swedish: “Lamitan”
  • Tagalog: “Lamitan, Basilan”
  • Tagalog: “Lamitan”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Lamitan”
  • Tahitian: “Lamitan”
  • Tetum: “Lamitan”
  • Thai: “ลามีตัน”
  • Tok Pisin: “Lamitan”
  • Ukrainian: “Ламітан”
  • Urdu: “لامیتان”
  • Vietnamese: “Lamitan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lamitan”
  • Welsh: “Lamitan”
  • Xhosa: “Lamitan”
  • Yoruba: “Lamitan”
  • Zulu: “Lamitan”
  • “Lamitan”
  • “Lamitan, Basilan”

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