North Korea Subnational Administrative Boundaries for Levels 0-2

Democratic People's Republic of Korea administrative boundaries structured into two levels. The dataset includes 11 provinces and special cities at Admin 1 and 179 counties, cities, and special cities at Admin 2. It was contributed by OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map regional humanitarian needs based on the province and county-level administrative divisions.
• Conduct spatial analysis for planning based on the defined administrative boundaries.
• Integrate boundary data into a larger geospatial database based on its inclusion in the global COD-AB collection.

Strengths

• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 31 October 2024.
• Boundaries are structured into two defined administrative levels with specific counts (11 Admin 1, 179 Admin 2).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundary geometry dates from 01 January 2008, which may not reflect recent changes.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), HDX.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official sources for humanitarian coordination.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 January 2008; dataset valid for use from 24 June 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:22.682040; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).