United Republic of Tanzania boundaries data

geoBoundaries ADM1 boundaries for United Republic of Tanzania: 30 units, representing 2015. Source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher.

geoBoundaries ADM0 boundaries for United Republic of Tanzania: 1 units, representing 2021. Source: Sentinel-2 10-Meter Land Use/LandCover.

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.

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. Tanzania Mkoa 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. They are sourced from Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics 2018. These were published in October 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available: Country

geoBoundaries ADM3 boundaries for United Republic of Tanzania: 3644 units, representing 2015. Source: OpenStreetMap.

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. Tanzania 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. They are sourced from Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics 2018. These were published in October 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available: Mkoa

geoBoundaries ADM2 boundaries for United Republic of Tanzania: 170 units, representing 2021. Source: Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics / UN OCHA ROSA, OCHA ROSA.

Tanzania administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), 2 (district), and 3 (ward) boundary and line shapefiles, geodatabase These boundary files are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Tanzania administrative level 0-3 population statistics tables. These boundaries reflect the creation of Songwe region (TZ26) in January 2016 from the western half of Mbeya Region.

Sub-national boundaries at Ward level. A ward (kata) is the lowest government administrative structure at the community level. In urban areas, a ward can include a number of streets while in rural wards are composed of several villages. **Tanzanian Subdivisions** - Region - District - Division - Ward (Urban) > Street - Ward (Rural) > Village > Hamlet Source: Data provided by the Tanzania Veterinary Service (Dr. Makungu) during the Tanzania National Training on RVF DST, October 2022. **Data publication:** 2025-06-27 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Claudia Pittiglio](mailto:claudia.pittiglio@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Alessandra Falcucci](mailto:alessandra.falcucci@fao.org) **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:**