Download high-quality, up-to-date Egypt shapefile boundaries (SHP, projection system SRID 4326). Our Egypt Shapefile Database offers comprehensive boundary data for spatial analysis, including administrative areas and geographic boundaries. This dataset contains accurate and up-to-date information on all administrative divisions, zip codes, cities, and geographic boundaries, making it an invaluable resource for various applications such as geographic analysis, map and visualization, reporting and business intelligence (BI), master data management, logistics and supply chain management, and sales and marketing. Our location data packages are available in various formats, including Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, ASC, DAT, CSV, and GML, optimized for seamless integration with popular systems like Esri ArcGIS, Snowflake, QGIS, and more. Companies choose our location databases for their enterprise-grade service, reduction in integration time and cost by 30%, and weekly updates to ensure the highest quality.

This dataset contains the following administrative boundaries: ADM0, ADM1, ADM2.

Produced and maintained since 2017, the geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database www.geoboundaries.org is an open license, standardized resource of boundaries (i.e., state, county) for every country in the world.

Comprehensive GIS dataset covering roads, land use, hydrography, deserts, protected areas, and the location of historical pyramids in Egypt. Multiple shapefiles are available for download.

This land cover data set is derived from the original raster based Globcover regional (Africa) archive. It has been post-processed to generate a vector version at national extent with the LCCS regional legend (46 classes). This database can be analyzed in the GLCN software Advanced Database Gateway (ADG), which provides a user-friendly interface and advanced functionalities to breakdown the LCCS classes in their classifiers for further aggregations and analysis.

The data set is intended for free public access.

The shape file's attributes contain the following fields: -Area (sqm) -ID -Gridcode (Globcover cell value) -LCCCode (unique LCCS code)

You can download a zip archive containing: -the shape file (.shp) -the ArcGis layer file with global legend (.lyr) -the ArcView 3 legend file (.avl) -the LCCS legend tables (.xls)

Supplemental Information:

This land cover product is a vector version (ESRI shape) of the Globcover archive that was published in 2008 as result of an initiative launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency (ESA). Globcover is currently the most recent (2005) and resoluted (300 m) datasets on land cover globally. Given the need of this valuable information for environmental studies, natural resources management and policy formulation, through activities of the Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) programme, the Globcover has been reprocessed to generate databases at national extent that can be analyzed through the Advanced Database Gateway software (ADG) by GLCN. ADG is a cross-cutting interrogation software that allows the easy and fast recombination of land cover polygons according to the individual end-user requirements. Aggregated land cover classes can be generated not only by name, but also using the set of existing classifiers. ADG uses land cover data with a Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) legend. The ADG software is available for download on the GLCN web site at http://www.glcn.org/sof_7_en.jsp

Contact points:

Metadata Contact: FAO-Data

Resource Contact: Antonio Martucci

Data lineage:

This land cover database is provided as ESRI shape file (vector format) and derives from reprocessing the raster based Globcover database (regional version). Globcover has undergone the following process: a) vectoralization at the national extent using ESRI ArcGis (arcinfo) 9.3; b) topological reconstruction (custom AML scripts launched inside ArcGis-arcinfo 9.3); c) simplification of areas according to a minimum mapping unit of 0.1 skim (10 ha) (custom AML scripts launched inside ArcGis-arcinfo 9.3); application of the FAO/UNEP Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) legend (46 classes); final processing to assure full compatibility with the GLCN software Advanced Database Gateway (ADG).

Online resources:

Download - Land cover of Egypt - Shape file format

GLOBCOVER on the ESA Web site

Global Land Cover Network - GLCN

Polygon shapefile showing Egyptian governorate boundaries (adm1) for 1967

This upload contains the relevant shapefiles and images related to our article "Combining Geo-Archaeology and Historical Nile Records to Understand Predynastic Settlement Patterns in the Region of the Nile's First Cataract, Egypt" in Old World.

The BORDERSCAPE Project Old World Repository: Description of Contents

Data are stored in a folder named
"OLD_WORLD_borderscape_raw_data"

Singular files are:
"README.txt": A document describing the contents of this repository.
"93m_floodplain.tif": A GEOtif showing flooded areas at 93m ASL.
"93.3m_floodplain.tif": A GEOtif showing flooded areas at 93.3m ASL.
"94.5m_floodplain.tif": A GEOtif showing flooded areas at 94.5m ASL.
"flooding_622to1911.tif": A GEOtif showing flooded areas according to flooding measurments recorded from AD 622 to 1911.

ZIP archives are:
"OLD_WORLD_borderscape_archaeological_sites.zip": A zip folder of a shapefile showing the archaeological sites.
"drillings.zip": A zip folder of a shapefile showing drillings in Nag el-Qarmila.
"geology_NQ.zip": A zip folder of a shapefile showing geology polygons in Nag el-Qarmila.
"WK14_cemetery.zip": A zip folder of a shapefile showing the area of cemetery WK14 in Nag el-Qarmila.
"WK15_settlement.zip": A zip folder of three shapefile showing the settlement WK15, area A and area B in Nag el-Qarmila.
"WK22_storage_area.zip": A zip folder of a shapefile showing storage area WK22 in Nag el-Qarmila.

This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.

Spatial coverage index compiled by East View Geospatial of set "Egypt 1:250,000 Scale Geological Maps". Source data from EGSMA (publisher). Type: Geoscientific - Geology. Scale: 1:250,000. Region: Africa, Middle East.

ESRI shapefile polygons of environmental clusters and biogeographic sectors and subsectors of all Egypt

The Map Library is a project of the UK charity “The Map Maker Trust." It aims to make public domain mapping data more readily available for development in all kinds of fields, from health care to urban management, from de-mining to environmental protection.

ESRI shapefile polygons of environmental clusters and biogeographic sectors and subsectors of all Egypt.

For file descriptions, please refer to: Abdelaal, M., Fois, M., Fenu, G., & Bacchetta, G. (2020). Biogeographical characterisation of Egypt based on environmental features and endemic vascular plants distribution. Applied Geography, 119, 102208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102208

Mineral resource occurrence data covering the world, most thoroughly within the U.S. This database contains the records previously provided in the Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) of USGS and the Mineral Availability System/Mineral Industry Locator System (MAS/MILS) originated in the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which is now part of USGS. The MRDS is a large and complex relational database developed over several decades by hundreds of researchers and reporters. While database records describe mineral resources worldwide, the compilation of information was intended to cover the United States completely, and its coverage of resources in other countries is incomplete. The content of MRDS records was drawn from reports previously published or made available to USGS researchers. Some of those original source materials are no longer available. The information contained in MRDS was intended to reflect the reports used as sources and is current only as of the date of those source reports. Consequently MRDS does not reflect up-to-date changes to the operating status of mines, ownership, land status, production figures and estimates of reserves and resources, or the nature, size, and extent of workings. Information on the geological characteristics of the mineral resource are likely to remain correct, but aspects involving human activity are likely to be out of date.

The Map Library is a project of the UK charity “The Map Maker Trust." It aims to make public domain mapping data more readily available for development in all kinds of fields, from health care to urban management, from de-mining to environmental protection.

This land cover data set is derived from the original raster based Globcover regional (Africa) archive. It has been post-processed to generate a vector version at national extent with the LCCS regional legend (46 classes). This database can be analyzed in the GLCN software Advanced Database Gateway (ADG), which provides a user-friendly interface and advanced functionalities to breakdown the LCCS classes in their classifiers for further aggregations and analysis. The data set is intended for free public access. The shape file's attributes contain the following fields: -Area (sqm) -ID -Gridcode (Globcover cell value) -LCCCode (unique LCCS code) You can download a zip archive containing: -the shape file (.shp) -the ArcGis layer file with global legend (.lyr) -the ArcView 3 legend file (.avl) -the LCCS legend tables (.xls)