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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 28, April 18, 2001 ]

DECLARING AS OFFICIAL THE 2000 POPULATION COUNT OF THE PHILIPPINES BY PROVINCE, CITY, MUNICIPALITY AND BARANGAY AS OBTAINED FROM THE 2000 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

WHEREAS, pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 and Executive Order No. 121, the National Statistics Office (NSO) is tasked with generating general purpose statistics, among which is a census of population of every ten years beginning in 1980 and other censuses and surveys as mandated by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NCSB), the policy-making and coordinating body of statistical activities in the government;

WHEREAS, pursuant thereto, a census of population and housing was conducted by the NSO last May to July 2000, with May 1, 2000 as reference date;

WHEREAS, under Section 8 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 72, the final population count as determined from the processed census returns shall be considered as official for all purposes only upon proclamation by the President;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the results of the 2000 Census of Population and Housing placing the total population of the Philippines as of May 1, 2000 at 76,498,735 persons as official for all purposes including the population of each region, province, city, municipality and barangay, as shown in CPH Report No. 1, which is hereby marked as Annex “A” and made an integral part thereof.1aшphi1

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 18th day of April in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary

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