El Salvador Administrative Boundaries at National and Subnational Levels

Produced and maintained since 2017 by geoBoundaries, this dataset contains political administrative boundaries for El Salvador. It includes ADM0 (country), ADM1, and ADM2 level boundaries, standardized as part of a global database. The data is available in GEOJSON and SHP formats under an ODbL-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Create national and regional maps based on the provided ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2 boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or economic analysis using the standardized administrative units.
• Integrate boundary data into geographic information systems for infrastructure or resource planning.

Strengths

• Standardized resource maintained since 2017, suggesting ongoing curation.
• Covers three levels of administrative detail (ADM0, ADM1, ADM2).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP).

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 projects.
• Last updated 2026-04-25 10:09:34.139403; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database

Collection Method

Produced and maintained by the geoBoundaries project.

Time Range

Data production started in 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 10:09:34.139403

Geography

El Salvador