South Sudan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

South Sudan administrative level 0-3 boundaries (COD-AB) dataset.

These administrative boundaries were established in: 2020

NOTE: Ages disaggregated into only four cohorts. No COD-PS record for Abyei Region. See COD-PS caveat about data rounding. The geoservice layer and the pak_admbndl_admALL_ocha_itos_20230308 lines shapefile contains the following special 'admLevel' codes:

76 = Northern boundary of the disputed area known as the Ilemi Triangle between South Sudan and Kenya (not a boundary fo any administrative polygon) 77 = Remainder of the boundary between South Sudan and Sudan 78 = That part of the Abyei region bouhndary that borders Sudan 79 = That part of the Abyei region boundary that borders the rest of South Sudan (not included in the polygons layers)

This COD-AB was most recently reviewed for accuracy and necessary changes in October 2024. The COD-AB requires improvements.

Sourced from South Sudan Information Management Working Group (IMWG), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and OCHA

Live geoservices (provided by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID) are available for this COD-AB. Please see COD_External. (For any earlier versions please see here, here, and here.) Vetting, configuration, and geoservices provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.

This COD-AB is suitable for database or GIS linkage to the South Sudan COD-PS.

No edge-matched (COD-EM) version of this COD-AB has yet been prepared.

Please see the COD Portal.

Administrative level 1 contains 10 feature(s). The normal administrative level 1 feature type is ""State"".

Administrative level 2 contains 79 feature(s). The normal administrative level 2 feature type is ""County"".

Administrative level 3 contains 512 feature(s). The normal administrative level 3 feature type is ""Payam"".

Recommended cartographic projection: UTM zone 36 (mainly) but partly zone 35

This metadata was last updated on January 9, 2025.