Guinea Subnational Administrative Boundaries at Levels 0-3

Guinea administrative boundaries are structured into three levels: 8 regions, 34 prefectures, and 340 sub-prefectures. The dataset was contributed by OCHA West and Central Africa, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and last reviewed for accuracy on 24 October 2024. It is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map population density or aid distribution based on the defined administrative hierarchy.
• Conduct regional economic or demographic analysis based on the 8 regions and 34 prefectures.
• Perform spatial joins for local infrastructure planning based on the 340 sub-prefecture boundaries.
• Integrate boundaries into humanitarian dashboards for situational awareness based on the COD-AB standard.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured administrative hierarchy with counts for each level: 8 regions, 34 prefectures, 340 sub-prefectures.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 24 October 2024.
• Part of a standardized global collection (COD-AB), suggesting consistent methodology.

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 analysis.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 03 August 2017; dataset valid for use from 04 March 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:03.355068; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guinea, subnational levels 0-3.