Papua New Guinea Administrative Boundaries for 3 Subnational Levels

326 Local Government Areas form the most granular level in this geospatial dataset of Papua New Guinea's administrative hierarchy. The dataset, contributed by OCHA ROAP and published by OCHA FIS and HDX, includes boundaries for 22 provinces and 87 districts. It was reviewed for accuracy in October 2025 and is part of a global collection of administrative boundaries.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for population density or infrastructure based on the three-level administrative hierarchy.
• Perform spatial joins to aggregate point data (e.g., health facilities) to district or province levels.
• Analyze regional governance structures using the defined Province, District, and Local Government Area boundaries.
• Integrate boundaries into disaster response models to assess impact at different administrative scales.

Strengths

• Defines 435 distinct administrative units across three hierarchical levels (22, 87, and 326).
• Quality-assured and published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA FIS and HDX).
• Dataset underwent a specific accuracy and completeness review on 30 October 2025.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundary geometry was created in May 2019, which may not reflect recent changes.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), HDX

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources for humanitarian coordination.

Time Range

Boundaries created May 2019; dataset reviewed October 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:16.436717; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Papua New Guinea