Burundi Subnational Administrative Boundaries for Provinces and Communes

Burundi administrative boundaries for levels 0 to 2, structured into 18 provinces and 119 communes. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with the last review for accuracy on 23 December 2024. It is part of the global subnational administrative boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map administrative units for humanitarian planning based on the province and commune boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis for resource allocation based on the defined administrative levels.
• Integrate boundary data into geographic information systems for visualization based on the provided geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Dataset is structured into 18 provinces and 119 communes, providing clear administrative hierarchy.
• Quality assurance was performed by OCHA FIS and HDX, with a specific review date of 23 December 2024.
• Available in multiple standard 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.

Provenance

Source

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 26 March 2015; dataset last edited 26 March 2015; reviewed 23 December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:01:12.286509; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burundi