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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1157, February 3, 1998 ]

DECLARING MAHAGNAO VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BURAUEN AND LA PAZ, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AS PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586 (NIPAS ACT) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MAHAGNAO VOLCANO NATURAL PARK

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Mahagnao Volcano National Park located in the Municipalities of Burauen and La Paz, Province of Leyte, as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, subject to private rights, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. RO8-2:

Beginning at point marked “1” on DENR NIPAS Map No. RO8-2, M.B.M. No. 22 corner boundary of Burauen and La Paz, Leyte:

thence following edge of Lake Mahagnao in South-easterly direction about 270 m. to point 2;

thence following Magkilat Creek upstream in South-easterly direction about 260 m. to point 3;

thence S. 80 deg. E., 300 m. to point 4;

thence S. 48 deg. E., 190 m. to point 5;

thence S. 24 deg. E., 270 m. to point 6;

thence S. 30 deg. W., 160 m. to point 7;

thence S. 50 deg. W., 160 m. to point 8;

thence S. 29 deg. W., 230 m. to point 9;

thence S. 66 deg. W., 190 m. to point 10;

thence N. 65 deg. 30 min., W. 170 m. to point 11;

thence N. 64 deg. W., 230 m. to point 12;

thence N. 21 deg. W., 150 m. to point 13;

thence N. 34 deg. W., 210 m. to point 14;

thence N. 26 deg. W., 170 m. to point 15,

thence N. 29 deg. W., 200 m. to point 16;

thence following edge of Lake Mahagnao in Northwesterly direction about 200 m. to point 17;

thence N. 55 deg. W., 170 m. to point 18;

thence following trail in northwesterly

direction about 200 m. to point 19;

thence following trail in northwesterly

direction about 230 m. to point 20;

thence following trail northwesterly

direction about 230 m. to point 21;

thence following dry creek in northwesterly

direction about 300 m. to point 22;

thence following dry creek in northwesterly

direction about 250 m. to point 23;

thence N. 46 deg. W., 220 m. to point 24;

thence N. 39 deg. W., 240 m. to point 25;

thence N. 02 deg. E., 220 m. to point 26;

thence N. 13 deg. W., 220 m. to point 27;

thence N. 21 deg. W., 200 m. to point 28;

thence N. 45 deg. E., 80 m. to point 29;

thence N. 69 deg. E., 60 m. to point 30;

thence N. 49 deg. E., 150 m. to point 31;

thence N. 58 deg. E., 230 m. to point 32;

thence N. 04 deg. E., 210 m. to point 33;

thence N. 23 deg. E., 100 m. to point 34;

thence S. 83 deg. E., 200 m. to point 35;

thence following Mainit Creek in Northeasterly direction about 160 m. to point 36;

thence S. 89 deg. E., 110 m. to point 37;

thence S. 56 deg. E., 150 m. to point 38;

thence S. 52 deg. E., 160 m. to point 39;

thence S. 58 deg. E., 150 m. to point 40;

thence N. 84 deg. E., 250 m. to point 41;

thence S. 69 deg. E., 220 m. to point 42;

thence S. 71 deg. E., 240 m. to point 43;

thence N. 50 deg. E., 180 m. to point 44;

thence following edge of Lake Matigbao in Southeasterly direction about 90 m. to point 45;

thence following edge of Matigbao in Southeasterly direction about 80 m. to point 46;

thence S. 44 deg. E., 90 m. to point 47;

thence S. 68 deg. E., 250 m. to point 48;

thence S. 50 deg. E., 200 m. to point 49;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 240 m. to point 50;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 190 m. to point 51;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 220 m. to point 52;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 220 m. to point 53;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 200 m. to point 54;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 270 m. to point 55;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 260 m. to point 56;

thence following Opong Creek downstream in Southeasterly direction about 160 m. to point 57;

thence S. 58 deg. W., 200 m to point 58;

thence S. 66 deg. W., 150 m. to point 59;

thence S. 80 deg. W., 190 m. to point 60;

thence S. 76 deg. W., 230 m. to point 61;

Due West, 190 m. to point 62;

thence S. 79 deg. W., 200 m. to point 63;

thence S. 64 deg. W., 170 m. to point 64;

thence S. 51 deg. W., 190 m. to point 65;

thence N. 81 deg. W., 220 m. to point 66;

thence N. 72 deg. W., 420 m. to point 67;

thence N. 68 deg. W., 180 m. to point 68;

thence S. 58 deg. W., 120 m. to point 69;

thence following edge of Lake Mahagnao in Southeasterly direction about 250 m. to point 1,

Containing an approximate area of SIX HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (635) HECTARES, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

It shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be administered in accordance with the Republic Act No. 7586 and its implementing rules and regulations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE
Acting Executive Secretary

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