Madagascar - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

Madagascar administrative level 0-4 boundaries (COD-AB) dataset.

The date that these administrative boundaries were established is unknown.

NOTE: It is understood that there may have been administrative level 2, 3, and 4 changes. The OCHA Regional Office is inquiring about official information. Slight differences in the post-2009 total populations at the fokontany, commune, district and country levels are as a result of rounding of decimal places from the population growth. estimate calculations for 2010 to 2018.

This COD-AB was most recently reviewed for accuracy and necessary changes in March 2024. The COD-AB requires improvements.

Sourced from Madagascar National Disaster Management Office (BNGRC)

Live geoservices (provided by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID) are available for this COD-AB. Please see COD_External. (For any earlier versions please see here, here, and here.) Vetting, configuration, and geoservices provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.

This COD-AB is suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Madagascar COD-PS.

As this is an island country, no edge-matched (COD-EM) version of this COD-AB is required.

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Administrative level 1 contains 22 feature(s). The normal administrative level 1 feature type is ""Region"".

Administrative level 2 contains 119 feature(s). The normal administrative level 2 feature type is ""District"".

Administrative level 3 contains 1,579 feature(s). The normal administrative level 3 feature type is ""Commune"".

Administrative level 4 contains 17,465 feature(s). The normal administrative level 4 feature type is ""Fokontany"".

Recommended cartographic projection: Africa Albers Equal Area Conic

This metadata was last updated on January 13, 2025.