Heed725/Tanzania_Admin_Shapefiles

🇹🇿 High-quality shapefiles & geospatial datasets for Tanzania — administrative boundaries, electoral constituencies, population data, and physical features. # 🇹🇿 Tanzania Geospatial Data Repository ### A comprehensive collection of ready-to-use administrative boundaries, population datasets, electoral boundaries, historical census layers, and physical features for the United Republic of Tanzania. > Administrative boundaries · Electoral constituencies · Historical census data · Population figures · Physical features --- ## 📖 About This Repository This repository provides geospatial datasets for Tanzania in formats that can be used directly in: - QGIS - ArcGIS - GeoPandas - R with the `sf` package - GDAL and OGR - Other GIS and spatial-analysis software Administrative and electoral boundary layers are distributed as complete ZIP packages through the `layer-downloads` GitHub Release. The source shapefile components remain in the `main` branch. GitHub Actions automatically rebuilds and replaces each downloadable ZIP package whenever a related layer component changes. A complete shapefile package may include: ```text .shp Geometry .shx Spatial index .dbf Attribute table .prj Coordinate reference system .cpg Character encoding .qmd QGIS metadata, where available ``` > **Important:** Do not separate the shapefile components after extraction. The `.shp`, `.shx`, `.dbf`, `.prj`, and related files must remain together in the same folder. --- ## 📥 Quick Download | Package | Download | Description | |:---|:---:|:---| | Complete repository | **Download Full Repository ZIP** | Downloads all source layers, historical boundaries, population datasets, physical features, workflow files, and repository documentation | | Individual layer packages | **Open Layer Downloads Release** | Opens the release containing separate ZIP packages for Regions, District Councils, Unsegmented Districts, Wards, Villages, and Constituencies | ### Clone with Git ```bash git clone github.com ``` Move into the cloned repository: ```bash cd Tanzania_Admin_Shapefiles ``` …