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Basilan now known throughout the world is but a Philippine province located at the southern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula. It straddles the trade route between Western Mindanao and Singapore-Brunei-North Borneo route. The province is in the middle of the western sub-triangle of the East ASEAN Growth triangle composed of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

The province's boundaries are the Basilan Strait on the North, the Moro Gulf on the East, the Sulu Sea on the West and Celebes Sea on the South. Its neighbors on the Southwest are the cluster islands that compose Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. It nautical miles south of Zamboanga City and approximately 518 miles to the South from Manila. The capital seat is the City of Isabela.

Basilan is composed of one component city and six municipalities with a total of 261 barangays. The total land area of 1,379 squares kilometers or 137,900 hectares of mostly agricultural land is a home to 332,828 inhabitants of unique and diverse cultures. The Yakans who are considered natives of the island is said to be foreign origin.