Somalia Subnational Administrative Boundaries for 18 Regions and 91 Districts

A 2025-validated dataset provides geospatial boundaries for Somalia's administrative divisions. It contains 18 regions (Admin 1) and 91 districts (Admin 2), structured into levels 0-2. The dataset was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services (FIS) and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection.

Use Cases

• Map regional administrative units based on the provided 18 region boundaries.
• Analyze district-level coverage for humanitarian operations based on the 91 district boundaries.
• Integrate Somalia's administrative structure into a global GIS database based on its membership in the global boundaries collection.

Strengths

• Contains 18 region and 91 district boundaries, providing structured administrative coverage.
• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) and tabular (XLSX).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundaries were created in June 1984, which may not reflect recent territorial changes.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Quality assured, configured, and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 23 June 1984; dataset validated for use 08 January 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:52.638294; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia