Cities

Basco

South-eastern Asia

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Geography Atlas. "Basco." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/basco.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Basco. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/basco

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@misc{geographyatlas-basco,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Basco},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/basco},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

Basco is the capital and largest municipality of Batanes province in the Philippines, on Batan Island in the Cagayan Valley region, and is named for the Spanish governor-general Jose Basco y Vargas. Its 2024 census population was 9,647 across six barangays, and it is home to the Basco Lighthouse and Basco Cathedral and the province airport.

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