Eritrea Administrative Boundaries for 6 Regions and 58 Sub-Regions

Eritrea's subnational administrative boundaries are structured into two levels: 6 Zoba (Admin 1) and 58 Sub-Zoba (Admin 2). The dataset was contributed by OCHA ROSEA, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection. It was last reviewed for accuracy on 30 October 2025 and published with boundaries created on 29 April 2020.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on the defined administrative regions.
• Conduct spatial analysis and aggregation of socio-economic data based on the Zoba and Sub-Zoba boundaries.
• Integrate administrative units into a larger geospatial database for regional studies.
• Validate or update local administrative boundary data for Eritrea.

Strengths

• Explicitly defined hierarchy of 6 Admin 1 and 58 Admin 2 units.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.
• Published under the CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, facilitating open use and sharing.

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.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA).

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 29 April 2020; dataset valid for use from 27 April 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:02:46.150773; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eritrea.