Kota Isabela

Isabela City adalah kota yang terletak di provinsi Basilan, Filipina. Pada tahun 2007, kota ini memiliki penduduk sebesar 87.985 jiwa.

Pembagian wilayah

Isabela City terbagi menjadi 45 barangay. yaitu:

Aguada (5.242 jiwa)
Balatanay (442 jiwa)
Baluno (2.262 jiwa)
Begang (2.591 jiwa)
Binuangan (1.601 jiwa)
Busay (1.222 jiwa)
Cabunbata (2.671 jiwa)
Calvario (1.283 jiwa)
Carbon (2.247 jiwa)
Diki (2.904 jiwa)
Isabela Eastside (1.926 jiwa)
Isabela Proper (923 jiwa)
Dona Ramona T. Alano (797 jiwa)
Kapatagan Grande (1.018 jiwa)
Kaumpurnah Zone I (2.396 jiwa)
Kaumpurnah Zone II (2.803 jiwa)
Kaumpurnah Zone III (1.975 jiwa)
Kapayawan (662 jiwa)
Kumalarang (763 jiwa)
La Piedad (2.304 jiwa)
Lampinigan (1.301 jiwa)
Lanote (3.122 jiwa)
Lukbuton (1.379 jiwa)
Lumbang (1.660 jiwa)
Makiri (350 jiwa)
Maligue (2.161 jiwa)
Marang-marang (1.186 jiwa)
Marketsite (2.025 jiwa)
Masola (1.252 jiwa)
Menzi (3.189 jiwa)
Panigayan (2.101 jiwa)
Panunsulan (1.207 jiwa)
Port Area (1.279 jiwa)
Riverside (2.021 jiwa)
San Rafael (4.324 jiwa)
Santa Barbara (1.279 jiwa)
Santa Cruz (666 jiwa)
Seaside (156 jiwa)
Small Kapatagan (528 jiwa)
Sumagdang (4.749 jiwa)
Sunrise Village (2.833 jiwa)
Tabiawan (1.621 jiwa)
Tabuk (5.044 jiwa)
Tampalan (3.546 jiwa)
Timpul (1.074 jiwa)

Sarana pendidikan

Isabela City memiliki cukup banyak sarana pendidikan, yaitu:

Basilan State College
High schools and elementary schools are administered by the City Schools Division of Isabela, DepEd Zamboanga Peninsula
Basilan National High School
Claret College of Isabela
Juan S. Alano Memorial School, Inc.
Jack 'n Jill Integrated School and Hansel and Gretel International School
Sunday Schools for Christian children
Madaris (Madrassah) for Muslim

Sarana kesehatan

Kota ini juga memiliki sarana kesehatan yang cukup memadai, diantaranya adalah:

Juan S. Alano Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Dr. Alejandro Infante Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Basilan Community Hospital, Inc.
Basilan General Hospital

Keamanan

Di wilayah ini terdapat pusat-pusat operasi kegiatan keamanan, misanya kepolisian dan militer, yaitu:

Isabela City Police Station - berlokasi di Marketsite Barangay, di samping BJMP - Isabela City Jail
Philippine National Police - Basilan Police Provincial Office - berlokasi di Menzi Barangay
ARMY 15th SPECIAL FORCES Airborne Company - berlokasi di Barangay Tabuk
ARMY Special Operation Task Force Basilan - berlokasi di Barangay Tabiawan
ARMY 4th Special Forces BN (RIVERINE) - berlokasi di Barangay Cabunbata
Isabela City hosted the Balikatan 02-1 - Tempat latihan bersama antara militer Filipina dengan Amerika Serikat pada tahun 2002 dan 2005

Pusat perbelanjaan

Beberapa pusat perbelanjaan dapat ditemui di kota ini, misalnya:

Isabela City Public Market
Central Square Department Store
Basilan Shopping Center
Ever Shopping Center
YC Sales and Company
E.C. Motor Parts Supply
Grace Cycle Store
Edvine Marketing

Pariwisata

Kegiatan pariwisata di kota ini juga cukup maju dengan adanya berbagai atraksi dan festival yang didukung oleh akomodasi dan transportasi yang memadai.

Tempat-tempat menarik dan acara festival

Annual Cocowayan Festival
Fiesta Santa Isabel
Cathedral of Santa Isabel de Portugal
Provincial Capitol
Kaumpurnah Mosque
Barandino Farm
Sumagdang Beach Resort
ISAWAD Resort
Cabunbata Falls
Yakan Crafts

Akomodasi dan penginapan

The Farmland Resort
Anson's Hotel
Royal Issra Pension House
Charina's Pension House
Basilan Hostel
Basilan Hotel

Transportasi darat dan laut

Transportasi darat

Isabela City is served by the D'Biel La Virgen Milagrosa Transportation Co. adalah bus yang beroperasi di rute Isabela-Lamitan
Sejumlah mobil van waralaba dan berbagai taksi juga beroperasi di rute perjalanan Isabela-Lamitan, Isabela-Maluso

Transportasi laut

Basilan lines Inc. - operators of M/V Dona Ramona, M/V Lenora and M/V Don Julio
A. Sakaluran Shipping - operators of AS Express, MS Express and RS Express Fastcraft Ferries
Aleson Shipping Lines - operators of M/V Stefanie Marie and M/V Kristel Jane
Ever Lines - operators of M/V Ever Sweet and M/V Ever Princess Nicole

Galeri

Basilan National High School
Basilan Provincial Capitol
Peta Isabela City
Isabela City Poblacion (urban area)
Downtown Isabela City, J. S. Alano Street
Alano White Beach Resort, Malamawi Island, Isabela City, Basilan
Farmland Resort, Lanote, Isabela City, Basilan
Map of East Asia during the Ming Dynasty
Basilan from 1578
1578-1630 Suluzone
Basilan extra
Illustration of the Spanish palisade fortification and Jesuit mission constructed at Pasangen
Basilan Expanded 1663-1718
Basilan Expanded 1718-1747
Adm. Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille.
Basilan Expanded 1824-1845
Spanish Naval Hospital with Aguada's old pontoon bridge on the foreground

Spanish Naval Hospital with Aguada's old pontoon bridge on the foreground
Frontal view of the "Floating" Hospital. Photo vantage is from the Isabela wharf, 1901.

Frontal view of the "Floating" Hospital. Photo vantage is from the Isabela wharf, 1901.
Basilan Expanded 1898-1936
Map of the United States of America and its colonies, dependencies and protectorates, 1899.
Inauguration of the Municipality of Zamboanga which included Basilan, 1 Juli 1901
Official Signing Ceremony of the Charter of Zamboanga City by President Manuel Quezon
Basilan Expanded 1936-1941
Japanese Invasion
Old Sta. Isabel Cathedral, with the Alano Building
Old Plaza Rizal and Plaza Misericordia, opposite Sta. Isabel Cathedral
Martial Law in Basilan
Isabela City Hall Complex