Tipo-Tipo
# Tipo-Tipo

Tipo-Tipo, officially the Municipality of Tipo-Tipo (Tausūg: Lupah Tipo-Tipo; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Tipo-Tipo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tipo-Tipo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. 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 barangays from 39 to 11.

Tipo-Tipo was the site of the 2007 Basilan beheading incident 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 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

| PSGC | Barangay | Population | Population | Population | ±% p.a. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | 2020 | 2020 | 2010 | | |
| 150706002 | Badja | 12.0% | 3,072 | 2,156 | ▴ | 3.60% |
| 150706017 | Baguindan | 7.8% | 1,989 | 1,937 | ▴ | 0.27% |
| 150706018 | Banah | 7.4% | 1,900 | 1,868 | ▴ | 0.17% |
| 150706038 | Bangcuang | 3.5% | 891 | 839 | ▴ | 0.60% |
| 150706019 | Bohe-Tambak | 3.8% | 958 | 560 | ▴ | 5.51% |
| 150706003 | Bohebaca | 5.0% | 1,288 | 1,280 | ▴ | 0.06% |
| 150706004 | Bohelebung | 9.0% | 2,305 | 2,270 | ▴ | 0.15% |
| 150706011 | Lagayas | 3.7% | 955 | 736 | ▴ | 2.64% |
| 150706012 | Limbo-Upas | 4.4% | 1,117 | 1,124 | ▾ | −0.06% |
| 150706030 | Silangkum | 6.7% | 1,705 | 1,560 | ▴ | 0.89% |
| 150706016 | Tipo-tipo Proper (Poblacion) | 11.7% | 2,983 | 2,648 | ▴ | 1.20% |
| | Total | Total | 25,531 | 16,978 | ▴ | 4.16% |

### Climate

Climate data for Tipo-Tipo, Basilan :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 27 (80) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 106 (4.2) | 77 (3.0) | 91 (3.6) | 104 (4.1) | 236 (9.3) | 321 (12.6) | 325 (12.8) | 306 (12.0) | 227 (8.9) | 271 (10.7) | 204 (8.0) | 115 (4.5) | 2,383 (93.7) |
| Average rainy days | 15.3 | 13.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 23.1 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 16.6 | 239.5 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

In the 2020 census, Tipo-Tipo had a population of 25,531. The population density was 510 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,300/sq mi).

