Bolivia Subnational Administrative Boundaries at Levels 0-3

460 administrative units across 3 levels for Bolivia, including 9 Admin 1, 112 Admin 2, and 339 Admin 3 boundaries. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with boundaries created in 2013 and last reviewed for accuracy in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on the administrative hierarchy.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or environmental analysis based on the boundary polygons.
• Develop location-based services or applications using the standardized administrative codes.
• Conduct regional policy or economic analysis based on the defined subnational units.

Strengths

• Contains 460 distinct administrative units across three hierarchical levels.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE, XLSX).
• Part of a global standardized collection (COD-AB), suggesting consistent methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundary geometry dates from 2013, which may not reflect recent administrative changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources as part of the Common Operational Datasets - Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) program.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 January 2013; dataset valid for use from 16 September 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:01:33.720278; freshness should be verified against source changes.

Geography

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)