Tipo-Tipo, Basilan
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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.
[edit] Barangays
Tipo-tipo is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.
- Badja
- Bohebaca
- Bohelebung
- Lagayas
- Limbo-Upas
- Tipo-tipo Proper (Pob.)
- Baguindan
- Banah
- Bohe-Tambak
- Silangkum
- Bangcuang
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