Bulgaria Subnational Administrative Boundaries for 28 Provinces and 265 Municipalities

28 provinces and 265 municipalities are represented in this geospatial dataset of Bulgarian administrative boundaries. 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 reviewed for accuracy in November 2024 and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

• Create regional choropleth maps based on administrative level 1 (province) boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic data based on administrative level 2 (municipality) units.
• Integrate boundaries into GIS systems for humanitarian response planning based on the dataset's COD-AB structure.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured into two administrative levels: 28 provinces and 265 municipalities.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 21 November 2024.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and GEODATABASE.

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 analysis.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created on 18 October 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:01:24.696479; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bulgaria