Yemen - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

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Yemen administrative level 0-2 boundaries (COD-AB) dataset version 01.

This dataset is structured into 2 levels:
- Admin 1: 22 Governorate
- Admin 2: 335 District

Dates associated with this dataset:
- 23 December 2024: dataset reviewed for accuracy and completeness
- 22 November 2019: valid for use by the humanitarian community
- 09 October 2023: last edit to the dataset before publishing
- 09 October 2023: boundaries created by the source

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Part of the dataset:Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries

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Additional information
Time period of the dataset [?]
22 November 2019 - 23 December 2024... More
Modified [?]
26 January 2026
Dataset Added on HDX [?]
2 November 2015Less
Expected update frequency
Every year
Location
Source
Central Statistical Organization (CSO)
Methodology

Dataset: Downloaded from data source website

Caveats / Comments

Most Recent Changes:

27 November 2019 ITOS files and geoservices added

25-November-2019- Layers in TOPOJSON format were added

24-November-2019- Layers inGEOPackage format were added

10-November-2019- Admin3 layer was added along with updated admin 0, 1 and 2 layers. The layers were provided by Yemen Central Organization ( CSO ) and approved for use by Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in October 2019.

8 November 2019Geodatabase removed due to loading error. It will be replaced when the administrative level 3 data are ready.

7-October-2017- Added unique reference names in both English and Arabic for admin2 (District) ; added ESRI file geodatabase and Excel formats; standard global field naming; redundant field names were removed.

Admin Level 3 removed.

New governorate has been added (Socotra island).Districts pCodes of Hadramaut, Taiz and Raymah governorates have been updated based on the CSO's pCodes, 2 of Hadramaut's districts moved to Socotra governorate.

The Admin level 3 boundaries shapefile does not contain a full set of admin level 3 boundaries for all governorates.

Languages: AR EN

Visibility
Public
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