Iran Subnational Administrative Boundaries for 31 Provinces and 429 Districts

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS) provides geospatial boundaries for Iran at two administrative levels. The dataset contains 31 provinces (Admin 1) and 429 districts (Admin 2). It was last reviewed for accuracy in October 2024 and is part of the global subnational administrative boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map regional administrative units for humanitarian logistics based on the described province and district boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of demographic or economic data aggregated to the described administrative levels.
• Create base maps for crisis response planning in the Greater Middle East region based on the provided boundaries.
• Integrate subnational boundaries into a larger global administrative dataset for comparative analysis.

Strengths

• Contains 31 province and 429 district boundaries, providing detailed subnational coverage.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 22 October 2024.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying source data for boundaries was created in May 2019, which may not reflect recent administrative changes.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) and OCHA Field Information Services (FIS).

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 20 May 2019; dataset reviewed 22 October 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 14:12:16.439891; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iran (Islamic Republic of).