Municipality of Tipo-Tipo, Basilan - Philippines

Tipo-tipo is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 48,284 people in 8,786 households. In 2006, the municipalities of Al-Barka and Ungkaya Pukan were created from Tipo-Tipo, reducing its number of barangays from 39 to 11. Tipo-Tipo was the site of the 2007 Basilan beheading incident where Islamic rebels beheaded 14 Philippine Marines.