Ethiopia - Settlements with administrative boundaries

Polygon boundaries of Ethiopia's third-level administrative units (woredas), published by Orion Terrametrics. Each feature represents a woreda with its name and the names of its parent zone and region. The version is v04.

Point locations of administrative places in Ethiopia, published by Orion Terrametrics. Each feature represents a named settlement or administrative centre with coordinates and the administrative unit it belongs to, from national down to woreda level. The dataset contains 1,271 points.

This dataset represents populated places in Ethiopia at the locality level, including villages, kebeles, towns, and other administrative divisions. Each entry is associated with XY coordinates and is integrated with Ethiopian administrative boundaries. The data originates from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and is accessible through their GeoNames platform(https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GNSData/).The dataset includes various types of populated areas such as: villages, kebeles and towns. This dataset is crucial for various applications, including urban planning to assist in the development of infrastructure and services based on population distribution, for research, and on disaster management to support humanitarian efforts by identifying populated areas during crises.

This dataset contains the following administrative boundaries: ADM0, ADM1, ADM2, ADM3. 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.

geoBoundaries ADM3 boundaries for Ethiopia: 690 units, representing 2016. Source: Open Africa, Code for Ethiopia. opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by/

Spatial distribution of the population of Ethiopia, showing where people live and in what densities across the country. Use this layer for understanding settlement patterns, sizing infrastructure, planning service delivery, and conducting demographic analysis.