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.
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