Lamitan

Lamitan lies on the northern coast of Basilan, across the strait from the Zamboanga peninsula. The island's Yakan communities cultivated its interior, while Tausug and Sama settlements along the shore engaged in fishing and maritime exchange. In the seventeenth century Lamitan was a fortified stronghold associated with Sultan Kudarat of Maguindanao. Spanish forces under Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera attacked and destroyed the settlement during their campaigns in the southern Philippines.