Equatorial Guinea Administrative Boundaries for 7 Provinces and 32 Districts

39 administrative boundaries for Equatorial Guinea, structured into 7 provinces (Admin 1) and 32 districts (Admin 2). This dataset was contributed by OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA), quality assured by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection. The dataset was reviewed for accuracy on 30 October 2025 and last updated on the platform on 10 March 2026.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on administrative divisions.
• Perform spatial analysis of socio-economic indicators aggregated by province or district.
• Integrate boundaries into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for regional planning.
• Validate or update other geographic datasets using the official administrative structure.

Strengths

• Contains 39 distinct geographic boundaries across two administrative levels.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA FIS, HDX).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE, XLSX).
• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.

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.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OCHA West and Central Africa (ROWCA), OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS), HDX.

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Dataset valid for use from 15 July 2021, with boundaries created 27 July 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:15.743399; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Equatorial Guinea (national and subnational).