Myanmar Administrative Boundaries from State to Village Level

A geospatial dataset containing Myanmar's subnational administrative boundaries structured into five hierarchical levels. It includes 18 States/Regions, 80 Districts, 330 Townships, and partial coverage of 14,174 Town/Village tracts and 1,999 lower-level units. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with a validation date of 15 February 2024 and a last edit on 11 March 2024.

Use Cases

• Create administrative maps for humanitarian response based on the five-level hierarchy.
• Aggregate or disaggregate socio-economic data to different administrative levels for analysis.
• Perform spatial joins for location-based analysis using the provided boundary geometries.

Strengths

• Hierarchical structure with five clearly defined administrative levels.
• Contains specific counts for each level: 18 Admin 1, 80 Admin 2, 330 Admin 3 units.
• Quality assured and configured by authoritative organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.

Limitations

• Partial coverage is noted for Admin 4 (14,174 units) and Admin 5 (1,999 units).
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Dataset valid for use as of 15 February 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:04:23.919691; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Myanmar (nationwide).