Timor-Leste Administrative Boundaries at 3 Subnational Levels

January 2020 boundaries for Timor-Leste, structured into 13 administrative level 1, 65 level 2, and 442 level 3 units. The dataset was contributed by OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and is part of a global collection. It was reviewed for accuracy in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps based on administrative divisions.
• Conduct spatial analysis for humanitarian or development planning.
• Integrate boundary data into Geographic Information Systems for regional studies.
• Perform demographic or resource allocation modeling using the three-tier administrative structure.

Strengths

• Contains 442 detailed level 3 administrative units.
• Explicitly reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 30 October 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and GeoDatabase.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The boundaries are based on a snapshot from 01 January 2020, which may not reflect recent changes.

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 as part of the Common Operational Datasets - Administrative Boundaries (COD -AB) initiative.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 January 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:06:17.023753; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor-Leste (East Timor).