Haiti Administrative Boundaries for 10 Departments and 710 Subdivisions

Haiti's subnational administrative boundaries structured into three hierarchical levels. The dataset includes 10 departments (Admin 1), 140 communes (Admin 2), and 570 communal sections (Admin 3). It was contributed by OCHA Haiti, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and last reviewed for accuracy on 06 January 2025.

Use Cases

• Create administrative maps for Haiti based on the three-level hierarchy of departments, communes, and sections.
• Perform spatial joins to aggregate data to different administrative levels for analysis.
• Validate the location of humanitarian assets or incidents against official administrative units.
• Support cartographic production for reports and dashboards using the provided geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Contains 720 distinct administrative units across three hierarchical levels.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 06 January 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) and a tabular format (XLSX).
• Part of a standardized global collection (COD-AB), suggesting consistent methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundary geometry dates from 29 March 1987, which may not reflect recent changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official government sources as part of the Common Operational Datasets - Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) program.

Time Range

Boundaries created 29 March 1987; dataset valid for use from 29 November 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:27.686596; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haiti