Palestinian Administrative Boundaries for 2 Territories and 16 Governorates

State of Palestine administrative boundaries structured into two levels: 2 territories or regions at Admin 1 and 16 governorates at Admin 2. The dataset was contributed by OCHA occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection. It was reviewed for accuracy in December 2024 and is valid for humanitarian use from October 2023.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative units for humanitarian planning based on the defined territory and governorate boundaries.
• Conducting spatial analysis of socio-economic indicators across different governorates.
• Integrating boundary data with other geospatial layers for crisis response operations.
• Visualizing regional governance structures for reporting and decision support.

Strengths

• Explicitly structured into 2 administrative levels covering 2 territories and 16 governorates.
• Dataset underwent a formal accuracy and completeness review on 24 December 2024.
• Published under the CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, facilitating open use and sharing.
• Part of a standardized global collection (Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying boundary geometry dates from 28 September 1995, which may not reflect current territorial realities.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), and HDX.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official or authoritative sources for humanitarian coordination.

Time Range

Boundaries created 28 September 1995; dataset valid for use from 19 October 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:25.029184; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Palestine (subnational).