These data were extracted from the GADM database (www.gadm.org), version 2.0, December 2011.

They can be used for non-commercial purposes only. It is not allowed to redistribute these data, or use them for commercial purposes, without prior consent. The GADM project created the spatial data for many countries from maps and lists of names available on the Internet (e.g. from Wikipedia). Others are derived from spatial databases provided by national governments, or other organizations. Below is a list of the main sources, by country.
Country Afghanistan Angola Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Burundi Cameroon Canada Chad Chile Colombia Denmark Ecuador El Salvador Estonia France Guyana Iceland Indonesia Italy Kenya ISO3 AFG AGO ARG AUS AUT BRA BDI CMR CAN TCD CHL COL DNK ECU SLV EST FRA GUY ISL IDN ITA KEN Sources used Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) http://www.sahims.net/ International Center for Tropical Agriculture. http://www.ciat.cgiar.org Level 2 based on source map by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Commonwealth of Australia. UNEP/GRID (Geneva). http://www.grid.unep.ch/ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica. http://www.ibge.gov.br OCHA; http://www.reliefweb.int/ochaburundi/gisdata.htm http://www.maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Cameroon/index.php Geogratis. http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca USGS/FEWS. http://igskmncnwb015.cr.usgs.gov/ International Center for Tropical Agriculture. http://www.ciat.cgiar.org International Center for Tropical Agriculture. http://www.ciat.cgiar.org UNEP/GRID (Arendal). http://www.grida.no/ International Center for Tropical Agriculture. http://www.ciat.cgiar.org Mitch Clearinghouse. http://clearinghouse.cnr.gob.sv/ http://www.maaamet.ee http://www.ign.fr/ Guyana Bureau of Statistics. http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy (Copyright 2007. Guyana Bureau of Statistics) Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/ Center for International Forestry Research; http://www.cifor.cgiar.org http://www.istat.it International Livestock Research Institute. http://www.ilri.org (May be downloaded or reproduced for non-commercial use provided that such reproduction shall be subject to acknowledgement of ILRI as holder of Copyright.) Based on a map by The Humanitarian Information Center for Liberia ICRISAT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. http://www.cimmyt.org/ Uwe Deichmann, Asia Population Distribution Database, UNEP/GRID (Sioux Falls), http://na.unep.net/ FortiusOne Inc. (via WorldBank; http://maps.worldbank.org/overlays/3238) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.)

Liberia Mali Mexico Myanmar Nepal

LBR MLI MEX MMR NPL

Netherlands

NLD

Nigeria Norway Pakistan Peru Philippines Portugal Russia Spain Sudan Sweden Tanzania

NGA NOR PAK PER PHL PRT RUS ESP SDN SWE TZA

United States Yemen

USA YEM

CBS and Topografische Dienst Kadaster. http://www.cbs.nl/nlNL/menu/themas/dossiers/nederland-regionaal/publicaties/geografischedata/archief/2007/2006-wijk-en-buurtkaart.htm 2007, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek / Topografische Dienst Kadaster, Emmen, 2006" International Institute for Tropical Agriculture UNEP/GRID (Arendal). http://www.grida.no/ IWMI & Uwe Deichmann, Asia Population Distribution Database, UNEP/GRID (Sioux Falls), http://na.unep.net/ Instituto Nacional de Estadstica e Informtica. http://www.inei.gob.pe/ Ministry of Agriculture, Philippines Instituto Geogrfico Portugus; http://www.igeo.pt/ (1) Robert J. Kaiser, Ethnic Territories of Russia GIS Project. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/creeca/kaiser/basemap.html. (2) UNEP/GRID Instituto Nacional de Estadstica. http://www.ine.es/ Copyright: Instituto Nacional de Estadstica (Spain). USGS/FEWS. http://igskmncnwb015.cr.usgs.gov/adds/mapdatas2.php?type=admn&area=su UNEP/GRID-Arendal. http://www.grida.no/ International Livestock Research Institute. http://www.ilri.org (May be downloaded or reproduced for non-commercial use provided that such reproduction shall be subject to acknowledgement of ILRI as holder of Copyright.) US National Atlas. http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html http://envr.abtassoc.com/yemen/english/data.html