Afghanistan’s Central Afghanistan’s Central Statistics OfficeStatistics Office

Mapping PracticeMapping Practice

CSO Mapping TrendsCSO Mapping Trends

• Pre-1979Pre-1979– Updating rural settlement locations on 1:50k Updating rural settlement locations on 1:50k

mapsmaps– Updating urban settlement locations from Updating urban settlement locations from

aerial photographsaerial photographs– Free-hand drawing of enumerators area Free-hand drawing of enumerators area

sketch mapssketch maps

CSO Mapping TrendsCSO Mapping Trends

• Post-1979Post-1979– Updating existing rural settlement locations Updating existing rural settlement locations

on 1:50k and 1:100k mapson 1:50k and 1:100k maps– Updating existing urban settlement locations Updating existing urban settlement locations

on 1:5k and 1:10k mapson 1:5k and 1:10k maps– Delineating nomads settlement locations on Delineating nomads settlement locations on

1:250k maps1:250k maps

CSO Recent Mapping ActivitiesCSO Recent Mapping Activities

• Post-2002Post-2002– Updating location of over 38,000 villages Updating location of over 38,000 villages

nation-wide and free-hand delineation of nation-wide and free-hand delineation of enumerators area sketch mapsenumerators area sketch maps

– Pre-listing of households in every residential Pre-listing of households in every residential building nation-widebuilding nation-wide

– Estimating the number of persons per villageEstimating the number of persons per village– Gathering of demographic and socio-Gathering of demographic and socio-

economic profile of 1 out of every 200 economic profile of 1 out of every 200 householdshouseholds

CSO Recent Mapping ActivitiesCSO Recent Mapping Activities

• From mid-2005From mid-2005– Training local capacity for digital mapping Training local capacity for digital mapping – Digitization of 2173 topographical map Digitization of 2173 topographical map

sheetssheets– Digital Geo-rectification of base maps Digital Geo-rectification of base maps – Establishment of a Geo-database for local Establishment of a Geo-database for local

administrative boundaries administrative boundaries – Digitization of province and district Digitization of province and district

boundaries, and village locations boundaries, and village locations – Demarcating E.As and C.AsDemarcating E.As and C.As

CSO Mapping ProductsCSO Mapping Products

• Finished productsFinished products– Digitally geo-rectified mosaic of 1:50K Digitally geo-rectified mosaic of 1:50K

topographical map sheets covering topographical map sheets covering Afghanistan Afghanistan

– Interoperable Geo-database for local Interoperable Geo-database for local administrative boundaries administrative boundaries

– Digital spatial datasets (i.e. map frames for Digital spatial datasets (i.e. map frames for 34 provinces and 398 districts)34 provinces and 398 districts)

– Hierarchical geo-codes for national and local Hierarchical geo-codes for national and local administrative areas up to sub-village level administrative areas up to sub-village level

Digitally Geo-rectified Mosaic of 1:50K topomaps

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CSO Mapping Products…CSO Mapping Products…

• Digital Map-framesDigital Map-frames– 34 Province Boundaries34 Province Boundaries

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LAGHMAN

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BAMYAN

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TAKHAR

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BALKH

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Notice:Boundaries shown on this map are provisionalbased on the UNFPA/CSO HHL Project field work andit does not signify official acceptance by the United Nations

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CSO Mapping Products…CSO Mapping Products…

• Digital Map-frames…Digital Map-frames…– 398 District and Town/City Boundaries398 District and Town/City Boundaries

KANDAHAR

LOGAR

GHAZNI

PAKTYA

KHOST

NANGARHAR

KABUL

KAPISAPARWAN

WARDAK

PAKTIKA

DIA KINDY

ZABUL

KUNARHA

BADGHIS

GHOR

FARYAB

URUZGAN

BADAKHSHAN

LAGHMAN

NURISTANPANJ SHER

BAMYAN

SARI PUL

TAKHAR

BAGHLAN

KUNDUZ

SAMANGAN

BALKH

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FARAH

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HELMAND

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Notice:Boundaries shown on this map are provisionalbased on the UNFPA/CSO HHL Project field work andit does not signify official acceptance by the United Nations

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MAYWANDPANJWAYI

MARUF

SHIGA (REG)

SHORABAK

ARGHISTAN

NISH

SHAH WALI KOT

DAMAN

SPIN BOLDAK

GHORAK

KHAKREZ

ZHIRE

MIYANISHIN

ARGHANDAB

MARKAZI KANDAHAR - KANDAHAR

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CSO Mapping Products…CSO Mapping Products…

• Digital Map-frames…Digital Map-frames…– Province/District National Sampling Province/District National Sampling

FrameworkFramework

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LOGAR

GHAZNI

PAKTYA

KHOST

NANGARHAR

KABUL

KAPISAPARWAN

WARDAK

PAKTIKA

DIA KINDY

ZABUL

KUNARHA

BADGHIS

GHOR

FARYAB

URUZGAN

BADAKHSHAN

LAGHMAN

NURISTANPANJ SHER

BAMYAN

SARI PUL

TAKHAR

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KUNDUZ

SAMANGAN

BALKH

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FARAH

NIMROZ

HELMAND

JAWZJAN

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Example of Province/District National Representative Sampling Design Framework

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CSO Future ActivitiesCSO Future Activities

• Publication of HHL survey results and Publication of HHL survey results and Afghanistan demographic profileAfghanistan demographic profile

• Digital Census Enumeration Area MappingDigital Census Enumeration Area Mapping• Conduct of a Population and Housing CensusConduct of a Population and Housing Census• Routine conduct of socio-economic and Routine conduct of socio-economic and

demographic surveysdemographic surveys• Publication of Statistical year book and Publication of Statistical year book and

statistical gazetteersstatistical gazetteers