Jamaica Subnational Administrative Boundaries for Levels 0-3

Jamaica administrative boundaries structured into three levels: 14 Admin 1, 131 Admin 2, and 775 Admin 3 units. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with a review for accuracy on 24 July 2024. It is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on the defined administrative hierarchy.
• Aggregate socio-economic statistics to subnational units based on the provided boundary levels.
• Perform spatial joins for location-based analysis using the geospatial boundary files.
• Validate or update local gazetteers using the standardized administrative codes.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured into three administrative levels with defined counts: 14, 131, and 775 units.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 24 July 2024 and validated for humanitarian use on 02 August 2024.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, XLSX, and GEODATABASE.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical tasks.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS) and HDX.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created on 09 September 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:39.302999; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica.