UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for South Africa with Village-Level Detail

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence in South Africa. Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is based on research from Uppsala University and was last updated on 2026-04 03.

Use Cases

• Modeling conflict intensity and spread based on geo-coded event locations.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of violence based on daily-duration events.
• Training predictive models for conflict risk based on disaggregated event data.
• Conducting spatial analysis of organized violence at the village level.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is based on peer-reviewed research from Uppsala University.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Data collection for organized violence events, as described in the UCDP GED Codebook.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:26:20.191565.

Geography

South Africa.