Dataset
geoBoundaries gbOpen — African administrative divisions ADM0-ADM2
Coverage
2005-01-01 — 2022-01-01
Region
West Africa
Access
Open
License
CC-BY-4.0
Description
geoBoundaries gbOpen — African administrative divisions ADM0-ADM2. Collected from geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab) (academic) on a quarterly cadence. 160 records spanning 2005-01-01 to 2022-01-01, covering GMB, SLE, CPV, BFA, TGO, MRT, LBR, BEN, GNB, NER, CIV, GIN, MLI, NGA, SEN, GHA. Evidence is content-addressed: every record carries a SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes retrieved, the source URL, the date the source published it and the date it was fetched.
Data preview
Administrative boundary layers — feature counts are polygon counts
| country | layer | level | polygons | vintage | licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGO | Angola | 0 | 1 | 2021 | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 |
| AGO | Angola | 1 | 18 | 2021 | Public Domain |
| AGO | Angola | 2 | 157 | 2006 | Public Domain |
| BDI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 2006 | Public Domain |
| BDI | Burundi | 1 | 18 | 2014 | CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication |
| BDI | Burundi | 2 | 119 | 2007 | Public Domain |
Showing 6 of 160 records.
Methodology
Content-addressed collection (SHA-256). Evidence class: secondary / republisher. Cadence: quarterly.
Variables & Indicators
records: 160 temporal span: 2005-01-01 to 2022-01-01 countries covered: 16 data kind: geo evidence class: secondary licence: CC-BY-4.0 republishable: yes top countries: GMB (3), SLE (3), CPV (3), BFA (3), TGO (3) record types: admin_boundary_set (160)