Sudan administrative level 0 (country), 1 (state), and 2 (district) boundary files

REFERENCE YEAR: 2020

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Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of October 2025 and will retire in December 2027. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.Sudan Wilayah Boundaries provides a 2023 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online.The 2023 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in October 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available: Country

The Administrative Boundaries used by the Data in Emergencies Hub are the result of a collection of international and subnational divisions currently used by FAO country offices for mapping and reporting purposes. With only a few exceptions, they are mostly derived from datasets published on The Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA). The feature layer is structured into three sublayers representing administrative levels 0, 1, and 2, each providing boundary information at a different level of aggregation. Only the administrative units currently used in operational DIEM systems are included in this live reference layer, while historical or no-longer-maintained polygon references are preserved in an archived version of the database. This administrative reference is used as the standard geographic framework for the DIEM household monitoring system. The dataset consists of national boundaries, first subdivision, and second subdivision of the following countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kingdom of Tonga, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. The Data in Emergencies Hub team is responsible for keeping the layer up to date, so please report any possible errors or outdated information. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these map(s) do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries. Dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The final boundary between the Sudan and South Sudan has not yet been determined. The final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.

Admin 0, 1, and 2 boundary files.

Please see sdn_admbnda_17012016_metadata.txt metadata file.

Sudan administrative boundaries 2, locality level

The datasets are curated from the The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX). The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing data, launched in July 2014. The goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis. Our growing collection of datasets has been accessed by users in over 200 countries and territories.A team within the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) manages HDX. OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat, responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. To learn more about the data, please visit https://data.humdata.org/dataset/sudan-administrative-boundaries

The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown on maps and included in lists, tables, documents, and databases are not warranted to be error free nor do they necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. This file is for planning purpose only.

Sudan Wilayat Boundaries provides a 2025 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online. The 2025 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in ArcGIS Online in September 2025. This layer is updated every 12-18 months. Attributes included for each boundary level are Administrative ID, 2025 Total Population and Area in Square Kilometers. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available, listed here by ascending number of administrative divisions: Country

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of October 2025 and will retire in December 2027. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.Sudan Country Boundary provides a 2023 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online.The 2023 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in October 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available: Wilayah

This polygon layer establishes the administrative boundaries of Port Sudan, Sudan, otherwise known as the study area. These data are part of the Atlas of Urban Expansion.

This dataset contains South Sudan data for the Map Explorer that is derived from other data.
WARNING: Derived data - go to original sources!
Sources:
South Sudan Administrative Boundaries
2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview for South Sudan
ACLED Conflict Data for Africa Realtime
ACLED Conflict Data for Africa 1997-2017
WFP VAM MarketMonitor
CBPF Allocations and Contributions

The Administrative Boundaries used by the Data in Emergencies Hub are the result of a collection of international and subnational divisions currently used by FAO country offices for mapping and reporting purposes. With only a few exceptions, they are mostly derived from datasets published on The Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA). The feature layer is structured into three sublayers representing administrative levels 0, 1, and 2, each providing boundary information at a different level of aggregation. This administrative reference is used as the standard geographic framework for the DIEM household monitoring system. This view contains only archived versions of administrative units that are no longer considered current following boundary updates. Each feature represents a historical boundary retained for reference, comparison, and reproducibility of past analyses. The field validity stores the archive date in the format YYYYMMDD, indicating when the administrative unit was replaced by a newer version. These archived records are preserved to maintain a complete historical lineage of administrative boundary changes, while the active operational boundaries are available in the corresponding current reference layer. The dataset consists of national boundaries, first subdivision, and second subdivision of the following countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kingdom of Tonga, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. The Data in Emergencies Hub team is responsible for keeping the layer up to date, so please report any possible errors or outdated information. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these map(s) do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries. Dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The final boundary between the Sudan and South Sudan has not yet been determined. The final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.

The dataset represents the states of South Sudan. This administrative boundaries Common Operational Database (COD-AB) was endorsed by the South Sudan Inter Cluster Coordinating Group (ICCG) and Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) on August 14, 2018.

The dataset represents the international boundaries of Sudan.

This polygon shapefile contains the second-level administrative divisions of Sudan (adm2). Level 2 divisions include districts. This layer is part of the Global Administrative Areas 2015 (v2.8) dataset.

State boundaries (administrative level 1) with pcodes and main settlements of South Sudan

Districts of Sudan

Administrative boundaries (Level 1 - States), (Level 2 - Counties including disputed Abyei region) and Undetermined boundary lines. Digitised from Russian Topo maps 200k (1970). Also includes a list of Admin level 3 - Payams. Data source: South Sudan Inter Cluster Information Management Working Group (ICIWG), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and MapAction. PCodes and cleaned by MapAction, OCHA and ITOS.

The geodatabase contains boundaries for the national and first-, second-, and third-order administrative divisions, aligned to the Large Scale International Boundaries dataset from the U.S. Department of State. The feature classes are suitable for linking to the attribute data provided.

The tabular data contain total population for 2008 (census), 2017 (population estimates), and 2018 (population estimates), as well as five-year age group and sex, and information relating to education, employment and labor, poverty and consumption, disability and health, mortality and domestic violence, households, access to services, agriculture and livelihood, food insecurity, migration, and people in need.