Iraqi Kurdish tribal boundaries, roads, railways, aerodromes, nomadic passes, and key villages within tribal areas. The data is presented as shapefiles, a common geospatial vector data format. The dataset was authored by Nejjar, Sawsene and last updated on October 14, 2025.
Use Cases
- Map historical tribal territories based on the described tribal boundaries.
- Analyze historical transportation networks based on the described roads and railways.
- Study historical settlement patterns based on the described key villages.
- Model historical nomadic migration routes based on the described nomadic passes.
Strengths
- Contains multiple geospatial layers including boundaries, roads, railways, and villages.
- Provides a specific historical snapshot from the year 1944.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Nejjar, Sawsene
- Time Range
- 1944
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-14 16:50:21; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Iraqi Kurdistan region