Afghanistan

Common Operational Datasets

Administrative Boundaries
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Admin Level 3 Boundaries District Boundaries (admin 3)

District level Administrative Boundaries of Afghanistan contains 400 districts boundaries for Afghanistan, mapped at 1:100,000(based on 1:250000 scale). The coverage has polygon topology and was uploaded from land cover 1:25000(1993) which was digitized by FAO (Rome) and later was converted and updated to ESRI shapefile mapped at 1:100,000 scale at AIMS office in teachnical support to AGCHO.

 

afg_admbnd_adm3_pol.zip

 Unknown 2011-08-17 Areas (polygons)

Some of the districts have been changed from one province to another and also there are temporary districts which have not been centrallly approved yet.
Admin Level 2 Boundaries second level data sets

Provincial Administrative Boundaries of Afghanistan contains 34 provincial boundaries for Afghanistan, mapped at 1:250,000 scale. The coverage has polygon topology and was uploaded from land cover 1:25000(1993) which was digitized by FAO (Rome) and later was converted and updated to ESRI shapefile mapped at 1:100,000 scale at AIMS office. For ACGHO the autorized organ in the country.

 

second_level.zip

 Unknown 2011-08-17 Areas (polygons)

few years before two more provinces have created and now it is 34 provincial boundary.
Admin Level 1 Boundaries First level boundary

This First level boundary of Afghanistan created by AGCHO an authorized governmental organization in the country and shared with all national and international organization. 

first_level.zip

 Unknown 2011-08-17 Lines

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Populated Places
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Settlements (villages, towns, cities) Settlements

Settlement Points

afg_ppl_settlements_pnt_cso.zip

 Unknown 2012-03-29 Points

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Population Statistics
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Other District (admin 3) Population Statistics

Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Afghanistan projected population for 2011-2012 (1390). It is understood that these figures are extrapolations from the 1979 census and a pre-census population survey conducted in 2003/2004.

Fields:
T_P_BS = Total Population Both Sex
T_P_MAL = Total Population Male
T_P_FMAL = Total Poulation Female
U_BS = Population Urban Area Both Sex
Ur_MAL = Population Urban Area Male
Ur_FMAL = Population Urban Area Female
RU_BS = Population Rural Area Both Sex
RU_MAL = Population Rural Area Male
RU_FMAL = Population Rural Area Female

The figures were manually translated from PDF documents to a digital tabular form. Please visit http://cso.gov.af/en/page/6070 for reference PDF documents.

afg_population_cso_2011_2012.zip

 2011-2012 2012-03-19 Areas (polygons)

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Humanitarian Profile
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Multiple Categories IDP maps

Conflict induced IDP data is provided by IDP Task Force/Protection Cluster. Maps with IDP statistics are posted monthly and available to download. If you need more information, please contact Protection cluster coordinator. Details are available on Protection cluster page.

 

Download maps from IDP Task Force section of Afghanistan Humanitarian Response website.

 

 2012 2012-07-11 Other

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Transportation Network
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Roads Roads

Road network for the country.

afg_roads_lin_aims_osmap.zip

 Unknown 2011-08-18 Lines

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Hydrology
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Rivers Rivers

Country Rivers.

rivers.zip

 Unknown 2011-08-17 Lines

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Hypsography
Category Title Abstract How To Obtain Date of dataset Date data registered Data Type Most Recent Known Changes
Elevation Model Digital Elevation Model of Afghanistan

ASTER GDEM

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31189006/afg_aster_gdem_90m.zip

 Unknown 2012-04-19 Other

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Fundamental Operational Datasets

Damage Assessments

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Education

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Elections

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Food Security

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Health

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Affected Persons Locations (Refugee, IDP, etc)

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Logistics

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Protection

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Security

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Other

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