Angola Subnational Administrative Boundaries for Provinces and Municipalities

Angola administrative level 0-3 boundaries (COD-AB) dataset version 01 contains 18 provinces, 161 municipalities, and 539 administrative units at level 3. The dataset was contributed by OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA) and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX. It was last reviewed for accuracy on 28 January 2025 and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map administrative regions for humanitarian planning based on province and municipality boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of Angola's governance structure based on the three-level administrative hierarchy.
• Integrate subnational boundaries into geographic information systems for overlay analysis.
• Validate or update local administrative unit data based on the provided geospatial files.

Strengths

• Contains 18 provinces and 161 municipalities, providing a structured administrative hierarchy.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) for interoperability.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 28 January 2025.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA) and OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS).

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 30 August 2018; dataset valid for use from 04 September 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:01:00.017962; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Angola.