Panama Subnational Administrative Boundaries at Levels 0-3

Panama - Subnational Administrative Boundaries is a geospatial dataset from the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection. It contains boundaries for 13 provinces/indigenous territories, 76 districts/indigenous territories, and 594 municipalities (corregimientos). The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, with a last review for accuracy on 30 October 2025.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for humanitarian response based on administrative divisions.
• Conduct spatial analysis of socio-economic indicators across provinces and districts.
• Perform jurisdictional analysis for service delivery planning using municipality-level boundaries.
• Integrate administrative units into geospatial models for disaster risk assessment.

Strengths

• Contains 594 municipalities, 76 districts, and 13 provinces/indigenous territories, providing detailed subnational coverage.
• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.
• Published by authoritative humanitarian organizations OCHA FIS and HDX.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) and a tabular format (XLSX).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.
• The underlying boundaries were created on 15 June 2020, which may not reflect recent administrative changes.

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 15 June 2020; dataset valid for use from 20 October 2021; reviewed 30 October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:11.201172; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Panama