Editing Isabela, Basilan (section)

{{Short description|City in Basilan, Philippines}}
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'''Isabela''', officially the '''City of Isabela''' ([[Chavacano language|Chavacano]]: ''Ciudad de Isabela''; [[Tausūg language|Tausūg]]: ''Dāira sin Isabela''; [[Yakan language|Yakan]]: ''Siudad Isabelahin''; {{langx|fil|Lungsod ng Isabela}}), is a [[Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification|component city]] and ''[[de facto]]'' capital of the [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of [[Basilan]], [[Philippines]]. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 130,379 people making it the most populous city in the province.{{PH census|current}}

It is also colloquially known as '''Isabela de Basilan''' to differentiate the city's name from the [[Isabela (province)|province of Isabela]] in [[Luzon]].

While administratively the island province of Basilan is part of the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] (BARMM), Isabela, which previously served as its capital since the province's creation, itself is not part of this region, being placed instead under the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] region. While the city is still regulated by the Basilan provincial government and provincial services are provided by Basilan, regional services are provided by the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] regional government. The [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] lists Isabela as statistically [[independent city|independent]] from [[Basilan]]. This prompted the provincial government to transfer the capital to [[Lamitan]].

Institutionally, the military has played a major part in Isabela's and Basilan's volatile history, due to the ongoing conflicts borne out of the Moro Secessionist wars of the 1970s, and more recently, by Al Qaeda backed [[Islamic fundamentalist groups]] fomenting a running gun-battle with the Philippines' armed forces for more than a decade.

Also exerting great influence in everyday life is the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the Islamic mufti and imams, religious scholars and leaders who exercise a [[moral ascendancy]] over their respective groups.

Trading and commerce are still predominantly in the hands of the East [[Asia]]n ([[Hokkien Chinese]]), aided more so by a recent influx of immigrants from [[Taiwan]] and by [[Korea]]ns as well.