Basco
Basco is the provincial capital of the smallest Philippine province, Batanes. It is on Batan Island. It is home to about 10,000 people For practical reasons, this guide covers Basco and the neighboring municipality of Mahatao.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 9,650 residents
- Description: municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Batanes
- Also known as: “Basco, Batanes”, “Bayan ng Basco”, “Lungsod sa Basco”, “Municipality of Basco”, “Santo Domingo de Basco”, “ბასკოს მუნიციპალიტეტი”, and “描示戈”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basco Airport and Basco Lighthouse.
Basco Airport
Aerodrome
Basco Airport is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahatao.
Mahatao
Town
Basco
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.449° or 20° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
121.9683° or 121° 58′ 6″ east
Population
9,650
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
IATA airport code
BSO
UN/LOCODE
PH BSO
Open location code
7QG3CXX9+J8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Zulu—“Basco” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Basco”
- Arabic: “بسكو”
- Asturian: “Basco”
- Balinese: “Basco”
- Banjar: “Basco”
- Basque: “Basco”
- Batak Toba: “Basco”
- Buginese: “Basco”
- Capiznon: “Basco”
- Catalan: “Basco”
- Cebuano: “Basco”
- Central Bikol: “Basco”
- Chavacano: “Basco”
- Chinese: “巴士古”
- Dagbani: “Basco”
- Danish: “Basco”
- Dutch: “Basco”
- Esperanto: “Basco”
- Fijian: “Basco”
- Filipino: “Basco”
- French: “Basco”
- Georgian: “ბასკო”
- German: “Basco”
- Gorontalo: “Basco”
- Hausa: “Basco”
- Hebrew: “בסקו”
- Hiligaynon: “Basco”
- Hiri Motu: “Basco”
- Igbo: “Basco”
- Iloko: “Basco, Batanes”
- Iloko: “Basco”
- Indonesian: “Basco”
- Irish: “Basco”
- Italian: “Basco”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Basco”
- Japanese: “バスコ”
- Javanese: “Basco”
- Kinaray-A: “Basco”
- Kongo: “Basco”
- Korean: “바스코”
- Latvian: “Basko”
- Macedonian: “Баско”
- Malagasy: “Basco”
- Malay: “Basco”
- Maori: “Basco”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Basco”
- Minangkabau: “Basco”
- Nauru: “Basco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basco”
- Norwegian: “Basco”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Basco”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Basco”
- Oromo: “Basco”
- Paiwan: “Basco”
- Pampanga: “Basco”
- Pangasinan: “Basco”
- Persian: “بسکو، باتانز”
- Persian: “بسکو”
- Polish: “Basco”
- Portuguese: “Basco”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Basco”
- Russian: “Баско”
- Sakizaya: “Basco”
- Samoan: “Basco”
- Scots: “Basco”
- Slovenian: “Basco”
- Spanish: “Basco”
- Sundanese: “Basco”
- Swahili: “Basco”
- Swedish: “Basco”
- Tagalog: “Basco”
- Tahitian: “Basco”
- Tetum: “Basco”
- Thai: “บัสโก”
- Tok Pisin: “Basco”
- Ukrainian: “Баско”
- Urdu: “باسکو، باتانیس”
- Urdu: “باسکو”
- Vietnamese: “Basco”
- Waray (Philippines): “Basco”
- Welsh: “Basco”
- Xhosa: “Basco”
- Yoruba: “Basco”
- Zulu: “Basco”
- “Basco”
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