Cameroon Subnational Administrative Boundaries with 360 Arrondissements

360 Arrondissements form the most granular level in this hierarchical dataset of Cameroon's administrative boundaries. The dataset contains three levels: 10 Regions, 58 Departments, and 360 Arrondissements, structured and quality assured by OCHA Cameroon and HDX. It was last reviewed for accuracy in October 2025 and is part of a global collection of subnational administrative boundaries.

Use Cases

• Map population data to administrative units based on the hierarchical Region, Department, and Arrondissement structure.
• Conduct spatial analysis for humanitarian response planning based on the defined subnational boundaries.
• Create visualizations of Cameroon's administrative geography using the provided geospatial file formats.
• Integrate standardized administrative codes into data systems for consistent reporting across levels.

Strengths

• Contains 360 Arrondissements, providing fine-grained administrative detail.
• Explicitly structured into three hierarchical levels (Admin 0-3) with defined counts.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA, HDX).
• Part of a standardized global collection (COD-AB), suggesting consistent methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying source boundaries were created in 1987, which may not reflect recent administrative changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Cameroon, OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), and HDX.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created by the source on 22 August 1987; dataset reviewed for accuracy on 30 October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:02:14.706315; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cameroon, covering national and subnational administrative units.