Namibia Subnational Administrative Boundaries for 14 Regions and 107 Constituencies

Geospatial boundaries for Namibia structured into two administrative levels. The dataset contains 14 regions at Admin 1 and 107 constituencies at Admin 2. It was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with boundaries created in 2011 and last reviewed for accuracy in January 2025.

Use Cases

• Create regional and constituency-level maps based on the provided administrative boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or humanitarian data based on the Admin 1 and Admin 2 units.
• Analyze administrative unit distribution and hierarchy based on the two-level structure.
• Integrate boundaries into a larger global administrative dataset based on its membership in the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Strengths

• Contains a defined hierarchy of 14 regions and 107 constituencies.
• Has explicit quality assurance dates, including a review for accuracy on 28 January 2025.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, XLSX, GEODATABASE).
• Part of a larger, standardized global collection (Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundaries were created in 2011, which may not reflect recent administrative changes.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 01 January 2011; dataset last edited 01 January 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:04:43.403793; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Namibia.