Iraq Administrative Boundaries for 18 Governorates and 294 Sub-Districts

294 sub-district boundaries provide detailed administrative geography for Iraq. The dataset includes three hierarchical levels covering 18 governorates and 101 districts, contributed by OCHA Middle East and North Africa. It was reviewed for accuracy in December 2024 and is part of a global administrative boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map humanitarian operations based on the three-level administrative hierarchy.
• Aggregate socioeconomic statistics based on governorate and district boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis for development planning based on sub-district units.

Strengths

• Contains 294 sub-district boundaries, offering fine-grained spatial detail.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 19 December 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.
• Freshness should be verified; the underlying boundaries were created in June 2019.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 05 June 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:36.559006

Geography

Iraq