Lamitan
Bangsamoro, or Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in full, is a Muslim-dominant region of Mindanao. The region once formed the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, renamed after a plebiscite in January 2019.
- Type: City with 100,000 residents
- Description: city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Basilan
- Also known as: “City of Lamitan”, “Dakbayan sa Lamitan”, “Lamitan City, Basilan”, “Lamitan, Basilan”, “Lungsod ng Lamitan”, “ლამიტანი (ბასილანი)”, “ქალაქი ლამიტანი”, “ქალაქი ლამიტანი (ბასილანი)”, and “拉米坦”
- Neighbors: Isabela
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akbar and Tuburan.
Lamitan
- Categories: component city and locality
- Location: City of Lamitan, Basilan, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.65756° or 6° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
122.14497° or 122° 8′ 42″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Established
1886
Open location code
6QR4M45V+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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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: “Lamitan”
- Central Bikol: “Lamitan”
- Chavacano: “Lamitan”
- Chinese: “拉米坦市”
- Dagbani: “Lamitan”
- Danish: “Lamitan”
- Dimli (individual language): “Lamitan”
- Dutch: “Lamitan”
- Esperanto: “Lamitan”
- Fijian: “Lamitan”
- French: “Lamitan”
- Georgian: “ლამიტანი”
- German: “Lamitan City”
- German: “Lamitan”
- Gorontalo: “Lamitan”
- Hausa: “Lamitan”
- Hiligaynon: “Lamitan”
- Hiri Motu: “Lamitan”
- 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”
- Korean: “라미탄”
- 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: “Ламитан”
- Sakizaya: “Lamitan”
- Samoan: “Lamitan”
- Scots: “Lamitan”
- Spanish: “Lamitan”
- Sundanese: “Lamitan”
- Swahili: “Lamitan”
- Swedish: “Lamitan”
- Tagalog: “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”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nawasa and Inner Lagasan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lamitan City Hall and Masjid Arrahman Nawasa.
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