UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for China: Village-Level Conflict Events

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset records individual events of organized violence with precise location and timing. Events are geo-coded to the level of individual villages and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is sourced from Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research and was last updated on 2026-03 03.

Use Cases

• Modeling conflict intensity and spread based on geo-coded event locations.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of organized violence based on daily event durations.
• Conducting spatial risk assessment for specific regions based on village-level event data.
• Correlating conflict events with other socio-economic or environmental datasets using precise geospatial coordinates.

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 conflict events.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open use and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source collection methodology.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO publications, and other conflict monitoring sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 14:28:15.987479; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China