Nicaragua Administrative Boundaries for 17 Departments and 153 Municipalities

153 municipal boundaries and 17 department or autonomous region boundaries for Nicaragua, structured into two administrative levels. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with a review for accuracy completed in November 2024. It is part of the larger Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection and is valid for humanitarian use.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps based on administrative divisions mentioned in the description.
• Conduct spatial analysis for humanitarian operations based on the defined department and municipality boundaries.
• Integrate administrative units into a larger geospatial database as part of the global COD-AB collection.
• Validate or update local administrative boundary data for Nicaragua.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured into 2 administrative levels with 17 and 153 units.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 07 November 2024.
• Published by authoritative organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The underlying boundaries were created by the source in October 2017.

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

Boundaries created 11 October 2017; dataset reviewed 07 November 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:04:57.165062; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nicaragua