Zambia Administrative Boundaries for Levels 0-4, 1853 Subdivisions

1853 level-4 administrative subdivisions for Zambia, structured into four hierarchical levels. The dataset was contributed by OCHA ROSEA, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and is part of the Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries collection. Its validity for humanitarian use was confirmed on 29 June 2023, with a review for accuracy on 30 October 2025.

Use Cases

• Map administrative units for humanitarian response planning based on the hierarchical boundary structure.
• Conduct spatial joins for demographic or economic data based on the defined administrative levels.
• Perform regional analysis or aggregation based on the 10 provinces (Admin 1) and 116 districts (Admin 2).
• Validate or update local gazetteer systems based on the official boundary names and codes.

Strengths

• Contains 1853 detailed level-4 administrative boundaries, providing fine-grained spatial units.
• Structured into 4 clear hierarchical levels (Admin 0-4) with defined counts for each.
• Explicitly validated for humanitarian use on 29 June 2023 and reviewed for accuracy on 30 October 2025.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEODATABASE) for interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources for the Common Operational Datasets - Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) program.

Time Range

Boundaries created 26 November 2020; dataset valid from 29 June 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:06:51.059771; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zambia