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GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0

Center for Integrated Earth System Information

The GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0 dataset contains operational ward boundaries for the following states: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Yobe. This dataset is considered operational and has not been fully validated by government officials.

The current version supersedes the GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v1.0 (https://data.grid3.org/datasets/GRID3::grid3-nga-operational-wards-v1-0/about) dataset for these states: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Yobe. The following changes were made:

Updated wards’ geometry
Harmonized wards’ names

Keywords: Settlements

Geographic Areas

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Academic Units
Center for Integrated Earth System Information
Series
GRID3
Published Here
April 14, 2026

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Dataset citation:
Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Columbia University 2026. GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0 . New York: GRID3. https://doi.org/10.7916/gpv6-dq34. Accessed .

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