Definition of Terms

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• Approved Cadastral Survey. Based on LMB’s definition, it is a complete geodetic survey of a geographic unit or political entity, measured by traversing its boundary. It is made to determine the metes and bounds of all parcels within an entire municipality/city for land registration and other purposes. Land area for a particular geographic unit is computed based on an approved cadastral survey.

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• Estimated Land Area. This are LMB estimates for geographic units/political entities without cadastral survey, with on-going cadastral survey or with partial or unfinished cadastral survey.

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• Land Area. The land areas provided by the LMB were converted from hectares to square kilometers, by dividing the land area in hectares by 100, and rounding up to decimal places. The land areas are based on 2010 Master list Land Area of the Philippines.

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• Population Density. It refers to the average number of persons per square kilometer of land, computed by dividing the total population by the land area (in square kilometers) of a given political entity. Population density for 1990, 2000 and 2010 were computed using the 2010 land area (in square kilometers) provided by LMB. The 2010 CPH total population figures used in the computation of population density exclude Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates and mission abroad.

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• Percent Changed in Density. It is computed by getting the difference between the population density of an area during the current census and previous census divided by the population density in the previous census and then multiplied by 100.