PLACES: VILLAGES

Data ID

File name:

villages

File path:

d:\north_central\Infrastructure\

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Category:

Infrastructure

Description:

headman's locations

Status:

In progress

Geographical area:

north-central Namibia

Keywords:

settlements

villages

population

headmans locations

Date of last update:

1999/12/01

ID notes:

This data set originally comes from a survey of headmen's locations by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in

1994. Each headman reported the number of people and households under his jurisdiction. The information has

been updated by Agriculture Extension Technicians & Rossing Foundation Community Facilitator.

Location notes:

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

100 meter

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Data quality notes:

The GPS readings were originally taken at headmans locations. This may not be the centre of a village.

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geodetic

Datum:

WGS84

Spatial reference notes:

Fields

Field name

Field description

Field source/notes

LONGITUDE

Decimal degrees - longitude

LATITUDE

Decimal degrees - latitude

VILLAGE_NA

village name (uncorrected)

VILLAGE

village name (corrected spelling)

HOUSEHOLDS

no. of households - estimate by headman from 1994

PERSONS

number of people - estimate by headman from 1994

dbf_file.REGION

region

TYPE	type of feature - village

DISTRICT

health district

CLINIC

clinic used by village

TYP_ABB

type abbreviation - v

SOURCE

Source/Distribution

Lineage/Source of Data:

Original data collected by Ministry of Health & Social Services. Data processed and updated by NNEP

Author of Data Source:

Northern Namibia Environmental Project / MOHSS

Contact:

Natural Resource Information Service

Online/Offline Address:

Natural Resource Information System (NRIS),

Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati

Email: nris@africaonline.com.na

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

05 December 2000

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