Kenya Administrative Boundaries for 47 Counties and 290 Sub-Counties

47 first-level and 290 second-level administrative boundaries for Kenya, structured as a Common Operational Dataset for Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB). Contributed and quality assured by OCHA humanitarian offices, this dataset was reviewed for accuracy in January 2025 and is part of a global collection. The boundaries were originally created in July 2018 and validated for humanitarian use in October 2019.

Use Cases

• Map population density or service access based on the defined administrative hierarchy.
• Conduct regional policy or economic analysis based on county and sub-county divisions.
• Integrate with other datasets for disaster response planning based on standardized administrative units.
• Validate or correct location data for Kenya using official boundary polygons.

Strengths

• Contains 47 first-level (Admin 1) and 290 second-level (Admin 2) administrative units.
• Quality assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA FIS, HDX).
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 28 January 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Boundary geometry was created in July 2018; political changes after this date may not be reflected.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), and HDX.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources for humanitarian operational use.

Time Range

Boundaries created July 2018, valid for use from October 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:41.859378; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kenya (national coverage).