Tipo-Tipo, officially the Municipality of Tipo-Tipo (
Tausūg: ''Lupah Tipo-Tipo'';
Chavacano
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: ''Municipalidad de Tipo-Tipo''; tgl, Bayan ng Tipo-Tipo), is a 3rd class
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Basilan
Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan ( cbk, Provincia de Basilan; yka, Wilayah Basilanin; tsg, Wilaya' sin Basilan; fil, Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Re ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,531 people.
In 2006, the municipalities of
Al-Barka and
Ungkaya Pukan were created from Tipo-Tipo,
reducing its number of
barangay
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s from 39 to 11.
Tipo-Tipo was the site of the
2007 Basilan beheading incident
The 2007 Basilan beheading incident was an armed incident in July 2007 between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and the Philippine Army which led to the execution of 14 or 23 members of the Philippine Marines, amongst them 11 behe ...
where Abu Sayyaf bandits beheaded 14 Philippine Marines, as well as two subsequent battles in
April 2014 and
April 2016.
Geography
Barangays
Tipo-Tipo is politically subdivided into 11
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
s.
Climate
Demographics
In the 2020 census, Tipo-Tipo had a population of 25,531. The population density was .
Economy
See also
*
Ingatun-Lukman Gumuntul Istarul, mayor
*Jakaria Tanasalun Emmo, Vice Mayor (1980-1986)
References
External links
Tipo-Tipo Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Municipalities of Basilan
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