Western Sahara Administrative Boundaries at Subnational Level

Western Sahara administrative boundaries for levels 0 and 1, structured into 1 level with 4 administrative units. The dataset was contributed by OCHA Middle East and North Africa, 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 April 2021.

Use Cases

• Map administrative regions for humanitarian planning based on the described subnational boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis of Western Sahara based on the provided geospatial administrative units.
• Integrate boundary data into larger regional or global GIS systems based on its inclusion in the global COD-AB collection.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of the authoritative Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) collection.
• Quality assurance involves multiple organizations: OCHA ROMENA, OCHA FIS, and HDX.
• Explicit validation dates: reviewed for accuracy in December 2024 and valid for humanitarian use from April 2021.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), HDX

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created April 2021; dataset reviewed December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:02:49.255618; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Sahara