Tipo-tipo is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Basilan.

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 is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.

Last July 10, 2007, Islamic rebels beheaded 14 Philippine Marines in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.

The place has a naturally mild climate.