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Basco is the most populous town in Batanes and it is located on Batan Island, the second largest among the Batanes Islands, the northernmost islands of the Philippines. The town has a domestic airport, Basco Airport, serving flights from Manila, Tuguegarao, and Itbayat. [citation needed] The Basco Lighthouse is one of the landmarks.
Basco (from the Latin, vascone, meaning "basque") may refer to: Basco, Batanes, a municipality in the Philippines; Basco, Illinois, a village in the United States;
The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. [1] The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay.
Basco Airport (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco . It is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands , the other being Itbayat Airport .
The English word Basque may be pronounced / b ɑː s k / or / b æ s k / and derives from the French Basque (French:), itself derived from Gascon Basco (pronounced ), cognate with Spanish Vasco (pronounced ). Those, in turn, come from Latin Vascō (pronounced ; plural Vascōnēs—see history section below).
The Basque Autonomous Community (/ b æ s k, b ɑː s k /), [4] also officially called Euskadi (), is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Araba, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa.
Poverty incidence of Batanes 10 20 30 40 2000 6.94 2003 9.00 2006 16.56 2009 14.40 2012 33.33 2015 13.68 2018 9.56 2021 2.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority About 75% of the Ivatans are farmers and fishermen. The rest are employed in the government and services sector. Garlic and cattle are major cash crops. Ivatans plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique ...
Basque Country (autonomous community) (Basque: Euskadi; Spanish: País Vasco, French: Pays Basque), also called Euskadi, is an autonomous community in Spain (shown in pink on the map) Southern Basque Country ( Hego Euskal Herria or Hegoalde ), the Basque provinces in Spain i.e. the autonomous community of the Basque Country plus the Foral ...