UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for Botswana, Village-Level

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset on organized violence, covering individual lethal events. Events are geo-coded to the village level and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is published under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license and was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Model conflict risk and dynamics based on georeferenced event locations.
• Analyze temporal patterns of organized violence based on daily-level event data.
• Conduct spatial analysis of conflict intensity based on village-level geo-coding.
• Validate or supplement other conflict datasets based on the UCDP's detailed event records.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is UCDP's most disaggregated dataset for organized violence events.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO documents, and other sources documenting organized violence.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 14:27:58.930787; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana.