Section 2Sec./Art. 2

The City of Maasin.- The Municipality of Maasin shall be converted into a component city to be known as the City of Maasin, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise the present territory of the Municipality of Maasin over which it has jurisdiction, bounded on the northeast by the Municipality of Tomas Oppus; on the northwest by the Municipality of Matalom; on the south by the Canigao Channel and the Municipality of Macrohon; and on the west by the Canigao Channel.

The City of Maasin, Southern Leyte has the following metes and bounds: Bounded on the South, along points 1 to 2 by the Mindanao Sea; Bounded on the West, along points 2 to 3 by the Canigao Channel; Bounded on the Northwest, along points 3 to 4 by the Municipality of Matalom, Leyte; Bounded on the North, along points 4 to 5 by the Municipality of Bontoc; Bounded on the Northeast, along points 5 to 7 by the Municipality of Tomas Oppus; Bounded on the East, along points 7 to 9 by the Municipality of Malitbog; Bounded on the Southeast, along points 9 to 10 to the point of beginning by the Municipality of Macrohon.

Beginning from point 1 on the map:

POINTS

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

1 (MBM # 1, Cad 643-D)

10-06-51.85 N.,

124-53-38.26 E.

following the course of Mindanao Sea until it intersects Canigao Channel;

2

10-08-08.78 N.,

124-46-39.52 E.

following the course of Canigao Channel in the Northwest direction until it intersects the common boundary of municipalities of Matalom and Maasin;

3

10-11-22.59 N.,

124-45-14.96 E.

following the common boundary of Matalom and Maasin; in the Northeast direction;

4

10-15-22.09 N.,

124-52-23.00 E.

following the common boundary of Bontoc and Maasin in the Northeast direction;

5 (MBM # 6, Cad 854-D)

10-15-36.85 N.,

124-55-04.99 E.

6(MBM # 5, Cad 854-D)

10-14-39.39 N.,

124-56-32.21 E.

7 (MBM # 4, Cad 854-D)

10-14-03.24 N.,

124-56-51.8 E.

following common boundary of municipalities of Malitbog and Maasin in the Southwest direction until it intersects the Amparo River;

8 (MBM#6,Cad521-D)

10-12-21.71 N.,

124-55-41.59 E.

following the course of Amparo River until it intersects the common boundary of municipalities of Macrohon and Maasin;

9 (MBM #3, Cad 643-D)

10-09-11.27 N.,

124-56-37.05 E.

10 (MBM #2, Cad 643-D)

10-07-56.97 N.,

124-54-29.32 E.

to the point of beginning containing an area of twenty-one thousand one hundred seventy-one (21,171) hectares based on the approved cadastral survey of Cad 440-D.

The reference boundary data are based on Cad 854-D (Tomas Oppus Cadastre), Cad 521-D (Malitbog Cadastre), Cad 643-D (Matalom Cadastre), and Cad 742-D (Bontoc Cadastre).

The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the appropriate agency or forum of existing boundary disputes or cases involving questions of territorial jurisdiction between the City of Maasin and the adjoining local government units.