Zimbabwe Subnational Administrative Boundaries for Provinces, Districts, and Wards

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA) contributed this dataset of Zimbabwe's administrative boundaries. It contains 10 provinces, 91 districts, and 1961 wards, structured into three hierarchical levels. The dataset was last reviewed for accuracy in January 2025 and is part of the global COD-AB collection.

Use Cases

• Map population data to administrative units based on the hierarchical province-district-ward structure.
• Conduct spatial analysis for service delivery planning based on the defined administrative boundaries.
• Create base maps for humanitarian dashboards using the provided geospatial files.
• Validate or update local administrative gazetteers based on the official boundary definitions.

Strengths

• Contains a specific count of administrative units: 10 provinces, 91 districts, and 1961 wards.
• Has a documented review date (28 January 2025) for accuracy and completeness.
• Published by authoritative humanitarian organizations (OCHA FIS, HDX) as part of a global standard (COD-AB).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The temporal coverage of the boundary definitions is not explicitly stated, only creation and review dates.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA).

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundaries created 31 August 2018; dataset reviewed 28 January 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:06:53.881452; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zimbabwe.