Eswatini Subnational Administrative Boundaries, Levels 0-2

A 2020-2025 geospatial dataset of Eswatini's administrative boundaries, structured into 4 regions (Admin 1) and 55 subdivisions (Admin 2). It was created and reviewed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and is part of a global administrative boundaries collection. The dataset is available in multiple formats including GeoJSON and Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Create regional maps for humanitarian planning based on the Admin 1 and Admin 2 boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic analysis using the subnational administrative units.
• Integrate boundaries into GIS platforms for infrastructure or service delivery planning.
• Validate or update other geospatial datasets using the authoritative administrative divisions.

Strengths

• Contains 4 Admin 1 and 55 Admin 2 boundaries, providing detailed subnational coverage.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative sources OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Part of a standardized global collection (COD-AB), suggesting consistent methodology.
• Dataset was 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.
• Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the humanitarian data platform.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 13 May 2020; valid from 27 January 2021; reviewed 30 October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:58.522303; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eswatini (Kingdom of Eswatini).