Tapalapa is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 4,121, up from 3,639 as of 2005. It covers an area of 32.3 km<sup>2</sup>.
As of 2010, the town of Tapalapa had a population of 1,940. Other than the town of Tapalapa, the municipality had 17 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.