El Salvador - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

30 October 2025 marks the latest review for accuracy and completeness of this geospatial dataset. It contains subnational administrative boundaries for El Salvador, structured into three levels: 14 departments, 48 municipalities, and 266 districts. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on administrative division levels.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or economic data based on department, municipality, and district boundaries.
• Develop regional planning and resource allocation models based on the hierarchical administrative structure.
• Validate and correct other geospatial datasets using the authoritative administrative boundaries.

Strengths

• Hierarchical structure with three clearly defined administrative levels.
• Explicit counts for each level: 14 departments, 48 municipalities, and 266 districts.
• Quality assurance and publication by authoritative organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Multiple file formats available (GEOJSON, SHP, XLSX, GEODATABASE) for flexibility.

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 processing.
• Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:46.677907; freshness should be verified for time-sensitive applications.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published via HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 29 May 2020, dataset valid for use from 19 August 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:46.677907

Geography

El Salvador