Common Operational Datasets (CODs) are authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response. CODs are 'best available' datasets that ensure consistency and simplify the discovery and exchange of key data.
Updated
3 February 2022
| Dataset date: December 31, 2010-July 01, 2022
Madagascar administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), 2 (district), 3 (commune), and 4 (fokontany) boundary and line shapefiles, geodatabase, and gazetteer.
These boundary shapefiles are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Madagascar - Subnational Population Statistics population statistics CSV tables.
(A Look Up Table of P-codes and related BNGRC codes has also been provided, should linkages to the BNGRC Admin 1 & 2 codes be required for disaster response purposes.)
Updated
3 February 2022
| Dataset date: September 28, 2018-September 28, 2018
Madagascar administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), 2 (district), 3 (commune), and 4 (fokontany) 2018 population statistics and gazetteer
These CSV tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Madagascar administrative level 0 - 4 boundaries shapefiles.
Updated
2 February 2022
| Dataset date: February 02, 2022-July 01, 2022
These tables are suitable database or GIS links to the Vanuatu - Subnational Administrative Boundaries layers.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2022
Each administrative level 2 feature is designated entirely 'urban' or 'rural'. ("Port Vila" [VU05002] and "Luganville' [VU02001] are the only 'urban' features.) Additional administrative level 0 and 1 tables in the spreadsheet disaggregate the urban and rural data.
Updated
31 January 2022
| Dataset date: January 18, 2022-July 01, 2022
Ukraine administrative level 0-4 boundaries. See caveats.
The administrative level 0 and 1 layers are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Ukraine - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Updated
27 January 2022
| Dataset date: August 17, 2017-July 01, 2022
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
Updated
26 January 2022
| Dataset date: February 05, 2018-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
21 January 2022
| Dataset date: August 15, 2018-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
20 January 2022
| Dataset date: July 22, 2021-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
14 January 2022
| Dataset date: January 13, 2022-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
12 January 2022
| Dataset date: August 17, 2020-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
4 January 2022
| Dataset date: January 12, 2020-July 01, 2022
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.)
Updated
4 January 2022
| Dataset date: August 16, 2017-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
4 January 2022
| Dataset date: April 30, 2019-July 01, 2022
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).
Updated
3 January 2022
| Dataset date: January 15, 2021-January 15, 2021
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
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: October 31, 2021-July 01, 2022
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.
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: August 11, 2017-July 01, 2022
First and second administrative boundaries (regions and districts) of the Gambia
The dataset displays the first administrative boundaries (divisions) of the Gambia
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: August 03, 2017-July 01, 2022
Definitive and edge-matched administrative boundaries.
Admin COD datasets for Guinea endorsed by Dakar IMWG in august 2017 ;
The dataset represents Admin Level 0 (country), Admin Level 1 (regions), Admin Level 2 (prefectures), and Admin level 3 (sub-prefectures).
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Edge-matched versions prepared by ITOS to conform to the United Nations Geospatial Hub_ 1:1m boundary layer.
The shapefiles are suitable for database or ArcGIS joins to the .csv population statistics files found on HDX here using the 'adminXPc_1' fields.
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: March 10, 2021-July 01, 2022
Ghana administrative level 0-2 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 Guinea - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: February 17, 2015-July 01, 2022
Provinces and Departments of Gabon
The dataset represents the provinces and Departments of Gabon with harmonized PCODE of ROWCA and Humanitarian Response pcodes.
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: July 06, 2017-July 01, 2022
Admin Level 1 Boundaries (Departments) and Admin Level 2 Boundaries (Districts) of Congo
The dataset represents the departments and districts of Congo with harmonized PCODE of ROWCA and Humanitarian Response P-ccodes
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
31 December 2021
| Dataset date: February 02, 2015-July 01, 2022
Mali Settlements
Populated places for Mali (Settlements, including villages) that include pcodes. Available in multiple formats that contains all admin levels, each comes with a quality report, and a look up table that idenitifes admin level information. There are duplicate names that have different pcodes, this accurate and has been verified.
Admin COD datasets for Mali endorsed by IMWG depending in 2015; see metadata for description of cleaning and processing performed by ITOS.
