Ethiopia Administrative Boundaries for 13 Regions, 92 Zones, and 1082 Woredas

1082 Woreda-level administrative boundaries for Ethiopia, structured across three hierarchical levels. The dataset was contributed by OCHA Ethiopia and quality assured by OCHA Field Information Services and HDX. It was last reviewed for accuracy on 19 December 2024 and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map population density or humanitarian needs based on the hierarchical administrative structure.
• Aggregate socioeconomic statistics to the Woreda, Zone, or Region level for analysis.
• Create administrative reference layers for GIS applications based on the provided geospatial boundaries.
• Validate or join other datasets using the standardized administrative codes (COD-AB).

Strengths

• Contains 1082 detailed Woreda-level boundaries, providing high subnational granularity.
• Structured into three clear administrative levels: 13 Regions, 92 Zones, and 1082 Woredas.
• Dataset was formally reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 19 December 2024.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) and tabular (XLSX).

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.
• Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the humanitarian data platform (HDX).

Provenance

Source

OCHA Ethiopia, OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS), and HDX.

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, quality assured, configured, and published.

Time Range

Boundaries created 23 November 2021; dataset valid from 14 December 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:02:52.187408; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia.