Laos Administrative Boundaries for Provinces and Districts, 2019

OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific contributed this dataset of Lao People's Democratic Republic administrative boundaries. It contains 18 provinces and 148 districts, with boundaries created on 01 January 2019. The dataset was reviewed for accuracy on 30 October 2025 and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on province and district boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of socio-economic indicators across 18 provinces.
• Integrate administrative units into a larger geospatial database for regional planning.
• Validate the location of field operations against official 148 district boundaries.

Strengths

• Contains 18 provinces and 148 districts, providing full national coverage.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and GEODATABASE.

Limitations

• Boundary data is from 01 January 2019; administrative changes after this date are not reflected.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), quality assured by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources for humanitarian use.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 January 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:03:53.280994; boundaries are from 2019.

Geography

Lao People's Democratic Republic (national coverage).