Belarus Administrative Boundaries for Levels 0-2

Belarus administrative boundaries for levels 0 (country), 1 (7 regions), and 2 (119 districts). The dataset is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection, quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX. It was last reviewed for accuracy on 21 November 2024 and is valid for humanitarian use from 27 July 2022.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps based on administrative region boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for humanitarian or demographic analysis based on district and region polygons.
• Integrate boundaries into GIS platforms for operational planning based on the provided geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured into 2 administrative levels: 7 Admin 1 regions and 119 Admin 2 districts.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 21 November 2024.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published via HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 30 July 2019; dataset valid for use from 27 July 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:01:28.733712; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Belarus