National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions with Names and Codes, December 2016

National Assembly for Wales electoral regions in Wales as at 31 December 2016. The dataset contains names and codes for these regions and was published by the Government Digital Service. It was last updated on the platform in October 2022.

Use Cases

• Mapping electoral constituencies based on the described regional boundaries.
• Joining electoral data using the region names and codes mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of political representation in Wales based on the 2016 electoral regions.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific snapshot date (31 December 2016), providing temporal clarity.
• Published by the Government Digital Service, suggesting an authoritative source.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GEOJSON), facilitating use in various GIS tools.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2022-10-24 14:52:07.309000; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative boundary definition.

Time Range

As at 31 December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2022-10-24 14:52:07.309000

Geography

Wales