page_title: Lamitan
section_title: Historical sites
hierarchical_section_title: Lamitan / Historical sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Lami-Lamihan Festival, Lamitan, Basilan
context_page_description: Lamitan, officially the City of Lamitan, is a 6th class component city and capital of the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 74,782 people.
  The city is bounded on the east by the municipality of Tuburan, on the south by Tipo-Tipo, on the west by Isabela and on the north by Basilan Strait.
  On July 2016, the Basilan provincial government broke ground for the construction of the new provincial capitol inside the defunct 4,000-hectare University of the Philippines Land Grant in Barangay Santa Clara.
context_section_description: Datu Kalun Shrine – Built as a tribute to a famous Yakan leader and founder of Lamitan. His descendants are the Antonio-Cuevas-Pamaran clan.
  Museum of Lamitan – Showcases the color and highlights of the Lami-lamihan festival. It also serves as the information center for the development of this town.
caption: Lami-Lamihan Festival
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