Barangay Tapon

Situated in Glan, Sarangani, Barangay Tapon is one of 31 barangays that make up the municipality within SOCCSKSARGEN.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Tapon had a population of 3,135. This made it the 17th largest of 31 barangays in Glan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Tapon accounted for approximately 2.86% of the total population of Glan, which stood at 109,547 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Tapon changed from 3,124 to 3,135, a shift of +0.4% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Glan. Barangay Tapon is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Glan is a municipality comprising 31 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Tapon, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Sarangani, which contains 141 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Tapon ranks 69th by 2020 population. Sarangani is classified as a 2nd by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.