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  • Thailand - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
    35000+ Downloads
    Updated 27 January 2022 | Dataset date: August 17, 2017-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Thailand administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district), and 3 (sub-district, tambon) boundaries Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID. The administrative level 0 and 1 shapefiles and geodatabase features are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Thailand - Subnational Population Statistics tables. 6 November 2019 update: Table with feature areas added
  • Ukraine - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA FISS
    100+ Downloads
    Updated 27 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 18, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Ukraine administrative level 0-4 boundaries. See caveats.
  • Edge-Matched Boundaries, Humanitarian: ADM 0-1
    FieldMaps
    Updated 26 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 14, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every two weeks
    Uses Common Operational Datasets (COD) when available, falling back to geoBoundaries for regions without coverage of subnational administrative geodata. Represents the latest available data for humanitarian operational use. Polygons contain only data for the most detailed admin level available, which may not be ADM1 depending on the source. Higher admin levels can be obtained by dissolving by attributes. Lines and points are intended for cartographic applications.
  • Edge-Matched Boundaries, Humanitarian: ADM 0-2
    FieldMaps
    Updated 26 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 14, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every two weeks
    Uses Common Operational Datasets (COD) when available, falling back to geoBoundaries for regions without coverage of subnational administrative geodata. Represents the latest available data for humanitarian operational use. Polygons contain only data for the most detailed admin level available, which may not be ADM2 depending on the source. Higher admin levels can be obtained by dissolving by attributes. Lines and points are intended for cartographic applications.
  • Edge-Matched Boundaries, Humanitarian: ADM 0-3
    FieldMaps
    Updated 26 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 14, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every two weeks
    Uses Common Operational Datasets (COD) when available, falling back to geoBoundaries for regions without coverage of subnational administrative geodata. Represents the latest available data for humanitarian operational use. Polygons contain only data for the most detailed admin level available, which may not be ADM3 depending on the source. Higher admin levels can be obtained by dissolving by attributes. Lines and points are intended for cartographic applications.
  • Edge-Matched Boundaries, Humanitarian: ADM 0-4
    FieldMaps
    Updated 26 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 14, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every two weeks
    Uses Common Operational Datasets (COD) when available, falling back to geoBoundaries for regions without coverage of subnational administrative geodata. Represents the latest available data for humanitarian operational use. Polygons contain only data for the most detailed admin level available, which may not be ADM4 depending on the source. Higher admin levels can be obtained by dissolving by attributes. Lines and points are intended for cartographic applications.
  • Tonga - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA Office of the Pacific Islands
    1300+ Downloads
    Updated 26 January 2022 | Dataset date: February 05, 2018-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Tonga administrative level 0 (country), 1 (division), 2 (district), and 3 (village) boundary polygons The official administrative boundary exclude large, apparently uninhabited areas of most larger islands and completely exclude many small islands. Therefore this dataset includes two additional layers: "Tonga administrative level 1 (division) boundary polygons - cartographic version", and "Tonga administrative level 0 (country) boundary polygons - cartographic version". To the extent that available geographic data permit, these layers cover all Tongan land and are P-coded to administrative level 0 and 1 respectively. These boundary files are suitable for GIS or database joins to the Tonga administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics The disbursed nature of this archipelago country does not make it suitable for EMF mapping.
  • Encuesta de Hospitales
    Code for Venezuela
    400+ Downloads
    Updated 24 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 01, 2020-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every week
    English Description - The following contains weekly operational data of hospitals in Venezuela, inventory of health supplies, administrative entity, geographic location and type of hospital. The collection of this data is a crowdsource effort under a survey template that provides an image of the current situation of hospitals in Venezuela Descripción en Español - Esta data contiene data semanal de las operaciones en los hospitales de Venezuela, inventario de suministro de salud, gerencia del hospital, zona geográfica y el tipo de hospital. El método de recolección de esta data es a través de múltiples fuentes voluntarias en el terreno en una encuesta estandarizada. La encuesta tiene como objetivo mostrar la situación actual de hospitales en Venezuela.
  • South Sudan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA South Sudan
    17000+ Downloads
    Updated 21 January 2022 | Dataset date: August 15, 2018-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    South Sudan administrative levels 0 (country), 1 (state), and 2 (county) boundary polygon, line, and point shapefiles and gazetteer; Abyei boundary polygon shapefile and live services. Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID. This administrative boundaries Common Operational Database (COD-AB) was endorsed by the South Sudan Inter Cluster Coordinating Group (ICCG) and Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) on August 14, 2018. These boundary files are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the South Sudan - Subnational Population Statistics tables available on HDX. United Nations users are advised that the following caveats (in addition to the standard caveats) should be applied to maps of Sudan and South Sudan: English: Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. French: Le tracé définitif de la frontière entre la République du Soudan et la République du Soudan du Sud n’a pas encore été défini. Spanish: Las fronteras definitivas entre la República del Sudán y la República de Sudán del Sur no se han determinado todavía. Arabic: لم تتقرر بعد الحدود النهائية بين جمهورية السودان وجمهورية جنوب السودان. Chinese: 苏丹共和国和南苏丹共和国之间的最终边界尚未确定 Russian: Окончательная граница между Республикой Судан и Республикой Южный Судан до сих пор не определена. And for the Abyei region: English: Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined. French: Le statut définitif de la zone d’Abyei n’est pas encore déterminé. Spanish: Todavía no se ha determinado el estatuto definitive de la zona de Abyei. Arabic: لم يتقرر بعد الوضع النهائي لمنطقة أبيي. Chinese: 阿卜耶伊地区的最终地位尚未确定 Russian: Окончательный статус Абьея до сих пор не определен.
  • Sao Tome and Principe - Subnational Population Statistics
    UNFPA
    500+ Downloads
    Updated 20 January 2022 | Dataset date: July 22, 2021-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Sao Tome and Principe administrative level 0-2 sex and age disaggregated 2021 projected population statistics REFERENCE YEAR: 2021 These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Sao Tome and Principe - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
  • Tonga - Subnational Population Statistics
    UNFPA
    1500+ Downloads
    Updated 18 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 18, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Tonga administrative level 0-3 sex and age disaggregated 2021 population statistics REFERENCE YEAR: 2021 Sex disaggregation is available at all administrative levels. Fully integrated age disaggregation is available at administrative levels 0 and 1. These population statistics files are suitable for GIS or database joins to the Tonga - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
  • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Needs Overview
    OCHA Afghanistan
    1800+ Downloads
    Updated 16 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 01, 2017-December 31, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    This dataset was compiled by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team and partners. It provides the Humanitarian Country Team’s shared understanding of the crisis, including the most pressing humanitarian need and the estimated number of people who need assistance, and represents a consolidated evidence base and helps inform joint strategic response planning.
  • Costa Rica - Subnational Population Statistics
    UNFPA
    60+ Downloads
    Updated 14 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 13, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Costa Rica administrative level 0-3 sex and age disaggregated 2021 projected population statistics These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Costa Rica - Subnational Administrative Boundaries layers.
  • Costa Rica - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA FISS
    600+ Downloads
    Updated 13 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 13, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Costa Rica administrative level 0-3 2021 boundaries These layers are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Costa Rica - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
  • South Sudan - Subnational Population Statistics
    OCHA South Sudan
    1700+ Downloads
    Updated 12 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 05, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    South Sudan administrative level 0-2 2022 population estimates. REFERENCE YEAR: 2022 Dataset updated by OCHA 2020. This population statistics Common Operational Database (COD-PS) was endorsed the Government and South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics in November 2020. These tables are suitable for database or GIS link to the South Sudan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
  • Sao Tome and Principe - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA)
    1500+ Downloads
    Updated 12 January 2022 | Dataset date: August 17, 2020-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: As needed
    Admin Level 1 Boundaries (Provinces) and Admin Level 2 Boundaries (Districts) of São Tomé and Principé REFERENCE YEAR: 2020 The dataset represents the provinces and districts of São Tomé and Principé with harmonized PCODE of ROWCA and Humanitarian Response pcodes. These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Sao Tome and Principe - Subnational Population Statistics.
  • Turkey Refugee Camps
    Regional IM Working Group - Europe
    600+ Downloads
    Updated 11 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 01, 2022-December 31, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Turkey Refugee Camps
  • Turkey Rivers
    Regional IM Working Group - Europe
    600+ Downloads
    Updated 11 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 01, 2022-December 31, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Turkey Rivers
  • Ethiopia - Subnational Population Statistics
    OCHA Ethiopia
    4500+ Downloads
    Updated 5 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 05, 2022-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Ethiopia administrative level 0-3 sex and age disaggregated projected 2022 population statistics. REFERENCE YEAR: 2022 These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Ethiopia - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
  • Togo - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA)
    2200+ Downloads
    Updated 4 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 12, 2020-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: As needed
    Togo administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), and 2 (prefecture) boundaries Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID. These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Togo - Subnational Population Statistics tables for administrative levels 0-1. (The COD-PS administrative level 2 features cannot be updated.)
  • Sierra Leone - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA)
    6600+ Downloads
    Updated 4 January 2022 | Dataset date: August 16, 2017-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: As needed
    The geodata represents the 4 provinces, 14 districts, 167 chiefdoms, 1316 counties, Corrected and cleaned with ITOS' help Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID. The administrative level 0-3 shapefiles and geodatabase features are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Sierra Leone administrative levels 0-3 sex-disaggregated population statistics CSV tables.
  • Senegal - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA)
    6900+ Downloads
    Updated 4 January 2022 | Dataset date: April 30, 2019-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: As needed
    Senegal administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region, région), 2 (department, département), and 3 (arrondissement) boundary polygons and lines. Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID. Updated November 2018 Updated August 2017 (harmonization of codes following the IMWG meeting eg SN010101) according to the COD databases approved by the RO in January 2016; See metadata for description of ITOS cleaning and processing. The dataset represents Admin level 0 (International), Admin Level 1 (Region), Admin Level 2 (Departement), Admin Level 3 (Arrondissement).
  • Syrian Arab Republic - Subnational Administrative Boundaries and Populated Pl...
    OCHA Syria
    26000+ Downloads
    Updated 3 January 2022 | Dataset date: January 15, 2021-January 15, 2021
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Syria Administrative boundaries for levels 0 - 4, with Arabic Names, English Names, and p-codes. Geodatabase maintains Arabic names better than shapefile Note that Admin 4 is the populated places layer. Admin Level 1= Governorate = Mohafaza Admin Level 2 = District = Mantika Admin Level 3 = Sub-district= Nahya Populated places (also known as "Admin Level 4") = City or Village Dataset organization: Administrative boundary resources (shapefiles, geodatabases. and gazetteer) are separate from the populated places shapefiles resources except the live geoservices, which provide both administrative boundaries and populated places. Most Recent Changes: 15 January 2021 ITOS geoservices, shapefile, and geodatabase for populated places ("administrative level 4") added. 12 January 2021 ITOS geoservices, shapefiles, and geodatabase added. EMF files added. ITOS gazetteer added. 18-August-2020 added 327 Communities. 21-March-2019 added 14 Communities. 19-Dec-2018 Use the Neighborhood as point loaded in the same layer/ Excel file called as a humanitarian Location added 11 Communities. 01-July-2018 added 1528 Communities and some localities moved to their accurate locations 31-Jan-2018- added 91 populated places and areas, some localities moved to their accurate locations, essential change in the admin boundary in Tartous Governorate at Admin 2 and Admin 3 1-June-2017- added 24 populated places and areas 22-Feb-2017- added three populated places and fixed some typos in admin4 and neighborhoods 04-Oct-2016 - Added two populated places 20-Sept-2016 - Built-up polygonal layer was created so that for each populated place there is a corresponding built-up poplygon; Added populated places based on feedback from humanitarian partners ; Neighborhood layer now includes 11 main cities with new p-codes ; column names follow global standard; reference names are unique both in English and Arabic 12-Jan-2014 - Shape file version posted. UTF-8 has been used to enable the correct display of Arabic characters. 19-May-2013 - New features added to Admin4 ; English Names edited to be consistent in all Admin levels; locations of few communities adjusted 07-Jan-2013 - Column with Capitals of Administrative Units (1 - 3) added to Populated Places (Admin 4). No changes. 19-Dec-2012 - Minor change: erroneous Admin 1 p-code for the populated place Arab Elmalik Jerkes (p-code = C3571) corrected (from SY010 to SY10). 12-Dec-2012 - Added neighborhoods , currently Damascus only. Added "C" as leading character of pcodes at level 4 (populated places) to ensure uniqueness. The digits remain the same from earlier versions. 24-Sep-2012 - Consolidated spelling between all 4 levels for all admin levels. Pcodes added. 24-Aug-2012 - Shapefile versions added. Exported from the geodatabase version of 30-June-2011. 30-Jun-2012 - Topology cleaned, underscores removed from admin names. Languages: EN AR
  • Niger - Settlements
    OCHA Niger
    700+ Downloads
    Updated 31 December 2021 | Dataset date: October 31, 2021-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    The villages and towns of Niger with harmonized PCODE of ROWCA and codification of capitals. The data of administrative boundaries comes from IGNN and is updated by OCHA/ROWCA.
  • Guinea-Bissau - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
    OCHA FISS
    1900+ Downloads
    Updated 31 December 2021 | Dataset date: June 14, 2021-January 27, 2022
    This dataset updates: Every year
    Guinea Bissau administrative level 0-2 boundaries Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.