Basan may refer to:Basan, in Japanese folklore Basan (character), a fictional character in The Song of Roland Bashan, or Basan, a Biblical region Bażany, Basan in German, a village in Poland Basan, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a village in Polohy Raion, Ukraine Stara Basan and Nova Basan, villages in Nizhyn Raion, Ukraine Basan (crater), a geological features on Iapetus Basan (leather), sheepskin tanned in oak- or larch-bark, and used for bookbinding, etc.