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GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v9.0

Center for Integrated Earth System Information; Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention, Democratic Republic of the Congo; GRID3

The GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v9.0 dataset consists of settlement points with name, location, and other attributes for all the twenty-six provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD).

The current version supersedes the GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v8.0 < https://doi.org/10.7916/qpnw-1c89 >. The following changes were made:

- The data for Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Ituri, Kwango, Lomami, Maniema, and Tanganyika provinces were updated.

This dataset should be considered operational; it has not been fully validated by government authorities.

Keywords: Settlements

Geographic Areas

Subjects

Files

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  • thumbnail for GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v9.0 Data Release Notes.pdf GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v9.0 Data Release Notes.pdf application/pdf 190 KB
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More About This Work

Academic Units
Center for Integrated Earth System Information
Series
GRID3
Published Here
August 27, 2026

Related Items

Previous version:
GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v8.0

Notes

Dataset citation:
Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Columbia University, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and GRID3. 2026. GRID3 COD - Settlement Names v9.0. New York: Columbia University. https://doi.org/10.7916/77t0-h465. Accessed [DAY MONTH YEAR].

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