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Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

linH — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:14:53 GMT

Hi all,

I am looking for a shapefile/esri geodatabase with the 28 newly formed states of South Sudan (since 2015 South Sudan consist of 28 instead of 10 states). And preferably even a shapefile with the 180 counties, but that might be a bridge too far...

Anyone who can help me out?

Thanks a lot, Linda

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

FC_Basson — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:55:59 GMT

Try these downloads:

South Sudan shapefiles - Map East Africa

Download | Global Administrative Areas

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

linH — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:34:33 GMT

Thanks a lot, but I already tried both websites. They both have the 10 outdated states, not the new 28 states. It seems a complete transformation in the administrative system of South Sudan goes unnoticed by the rest of the world... States of South Sudan - Wikipedia . Any other suggestions where to try?

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

JayantaPoddar — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:32:27 GMT

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/28_States_of_South_Sudan.png

I can see this image from Wikipedia. Maybe you could geo-reference the image and digitize the boundaries.

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

FC_Basson — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 06:52:07 GMT

I've searched for those boundaries and can't find any official reference to them. They might have been revised again. Have a look at the boundaries provided by the UN OCHA here: South Sudan - Administrative Boundaries - Humanitarian Data Exchange

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

linH — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:56:36 GMT

Thanks all for your help. I managed to georeference the image and digitize the boundaries, as for a lot of the new states the fromer county borders were used. However, it stays interesting that no maps with 28 states seem to exist . Is that because even the Sudanese government doesn't believe in it? Thank you all, linda

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

TheoFaull — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:10:58 GMT

Try:

Download data by country | DIVA-GIS

and

South Sudan - Administrative Boundaries - Humanitarian Data Exchange

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

HaskettGeorge — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:37:06 GMT

Hello Linda,

Any chance you are willing to share your South Sudan border files?

Have you updated them to 32 states yet?

Thanks,

Re: Looking for South Sudan shapefile with 28 states...

MichaelFalk — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:52:37 GMT

I am also interested in this updated shapefile, thank you.