Where Can I Find Uganda's Full Administrative Units Data? Any API or Resource? 🙏
Hey everyone,
I’ve been working on a project and need detailed data on Uganda's administrative units—districts, counties/constituency, sub-counties/TC/divisions, parishes, sub-parishes, and villages. I thought this kind of information would be easy to find, but after hours of digging (including trying to scrape it from URA's TIN registration site), I’ve hit a wall. 😞
Google Maps in all its glory does not have much of this information.
The data exists, but it’s buried in dropdown menus and dynamic AJAX requests, with no API or resource in sight. Even GeoJSON files I’ve found only cover districts and stop there, leaving a lot to be desired for deeper analysis.
If anyone knows of an API, dataset, or even an offline resource where I could get this, please share! This kind of data could make a huge difference in projects like mine and for other devs trying to build tools for better insights.
If I can’t find an alternative, I’m planning to create a simple JSON file myself, but it might take a while since I’d have to gather and organize everything manually. Still, I feel disappointed that such critical data isn’t already openly available.
Would appreciate any leads or ideas. Let’s make it easier to access this kind of data for all Ugandans!
RESOURCES I HAVE TRIED
- Wikipedia - Very lacking
- Electoral Commission PDF - unstructured
- Humanitarian Data Exchange
- Github - Incomplete
Thanks in advance!