Uganda Administrative Boundaries from National to Local Levels

Uganda's political administrative boundaries from the national (ADM0) down to the local (ADM4) level. The data is produced and maintained by the geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database, an open-license standardized resource for every country. This specific dataset for Uganda has been available since 2017 and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps for development planning based on administrative hierarchy.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or economic analysis based on administrative units.
• Develop location-based services or applications that require administrative region lookup.
• Conduct cross-country comparative studies of administrative structures based on the standardized geoBoundaries format.

Strengths

• Covers five hierarchical administrative levels (ADM0 to ADM4).
• Produced and maintained since 2017, indicating an established time series.
• Part of a standardized global database (geoBoundaries) for every country.
• Available under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-04-25).

Provenance

Source

geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database (www.geoboundaries.org)

Collection Method

Produced and maintained by the geoBoundaries organization.

Time Range

Data available since 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 10:29:58.698657

Geography

Uganda