South Africa - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

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

The date that these administrative boundaries were established is unknown.

NOTE: See COD-PS caveats about ADM2 - ADM4 nesting ambiguity. This COD-AB has NOT been reviewed for accuracy and necessary changes in the last 12 months.

Sourced from South African Municipal Demarcation Board

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 South Africa COD-PS.

No edge-matched (COD-EM) version of this COD-AB has yet been prepared.

Please see the COD Portal.

Administrative level 1 contains 9 feature(s). The normal administrative level 1 feature type is ""Province"".

Administrative level 2 contains 52 feature(s). The normal administrative level 2 feature type is ""District"".

Administrative level 3 contains 213 feature(s). The normal administrative level 3 feature type is ""Local municipality"".

Administrative level 4 contains 4,392 feature(s). The normal administrative level 4 feature type is ""currently not known"".

Recommended cartographic projection: Africa Albers Equal Area Conic

This metadata was last updated on January 9, 2025.