Philippines Administrative Boundaries from National to Village Level

Philippines administrative boundaries structured into 4 levels, including 17 regions, 88 provinces, 1,642 municipalities, and 11,920 barangays. The dataset was contributed by OCHA Philippines, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and was reviewed for accuracy in April 2024. It is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map population density or disaster risk based on the hierarchical administrative levels.
• Conduct regional economic analysis based on the defined provincial and municipal boundaries.
• Plan humanitarian logistics and resource allocation based on the barangay-level geographic units.
• Integrate with other socio-economic datasets using the standardized administrative codes (COD-AB).

Strengths

• Hierarchical structure with 4 clearly defined administrative levels.
• Contains 11,920 barangay (Admin 4) units, providing fine-grained geographic detail.
• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 01 April 2024.
• Published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA Philippines, OCHA FIS, HDX).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's creation date is 09 February 2018; some boundaries may have changed since.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS) and HDX, contributed by OCHA Philippines.

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 09 February 2018; dataset reviewed 01 April 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 17:21:33.781913; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Philippines