Tipo-Tipo | |
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| Municipality of Tipo-Tipo | |
 Map of Basilan with Tipo-Tipo highlighted | |
  Tipo-Tipo Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 6°32′N122°10′E / 6.53°N 122.17°E Coordinates: 6°32′N122°10′E / 6.53°N 122.17°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) |
| Province | Basilan |
| District | Lone District |
| Barangays | 11 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Ingatun-Lukman G. Istarul |
| • Electorate | 9,658 voters (2016) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49.7 km2 (19.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) [3] | |
| • Total | 19,163 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 7304 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
| Climate type | Tropical climate |
| Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| Revenue (₱) | 59.6 million (2016) |
| Native languages | Yakan Chavacano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Tipo-Tipo, officially the Municipality of Tipo-Tipo, (Tausūg: Lupah Tipo-Tipo;: Municipalidad de Tipo-Tipo; Tagalog : Bayan ng Tipo-Tipo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 19,163 people. [3]
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a quarter of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages alongside English.
The Province of Basilan is an island province of the Philippines in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Basilan Island is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It is just off the southern coast of the geographic Zamboanga Peninsula.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
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In 2006, the municipalities of Al-Barka and Ungkaya Pukan were created from Tipo-Tipo, [4] [5] reducing its number of barangays from 39 to 11.
Al-Barka, officially the Municipality of Al-Barka,, is a — municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 20,905 people.
Ungkaya Pukan, officially the Municipality of Ungkaya Pukan,, is a — municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 18,441 people.
A barangay or baranggay (, formerly referred to as barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighbourhood, a suburb or a suburban neighborhood. The word barangay originated from balangay, a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines.
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.
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 beheaded in the province of Basilan in the southern Philippines.
Battle of Basilan was a military offensive launched by the Philippine military to apprehend two lead commanders in the Abu Sayyaf Islamic militia wanted for corruption, money laundering, and terrorism related charges. The main cause of the operation was Sayyaf leader Indama and his followers threatening and attempting to extort money from a circumferential road network. The two-day offensive ended with the both suspects evading capture and the island of Basilan falling under government authority. Both the army and MNLF collaborated in fighting alongside for a duration of the operation the first such instance since a truce. However collaborators within the Sayyaf militia included members of the MNLF who sympathized with their cause or had public relations with some of the militants.
