The coverage is part of the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) / Associates in Rural Development (ARD) African series.
Malawi is associated with the South region of Africa.
The data are to be used in modeling, targeting and demonstration projects. The data are also used in natural resource management, inventory, change analysis, policy making, environmental awareness and land use planning.
Procedures_Used: The administrative boundaries for Malawi were extracted from the MRPDA database using the ARC/INFO command RESELECT.
A master data set, based on the Digital Chart of the World (DCW) PONET layer, was created. Burkina Faso, Mali, Ethiopia, and Eritrea are included in the master data set, however, these countries have international boundaries that have been revised.
The changes to Burkina Faso are: The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) International boundary was used for the International boundary for Burkina Faso with the only revisions being those listed below.
From : -2 degrees; 55 minutes; 8 seconds Longitude and : 13 degrees;37 minutes; 37 seconds Latitude
To : -0 degrees; 57 minutes; 41 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 52 minutes; 14 seconds Latitude
AND...
From : 0 degrees; 3 minutes; 33 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 58 minutes; 15 seconds Latitude
To : 0 degrees; 13 minutes; 55 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 58 minutes; 15 seconds Latitude
These changes are defined by FEWS/ARD Washington, DC, USA.
The changes to Mali are: The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) International boundary was used for the International boundary for Mali with the only revisions being those listed below.
From : -2 degrees; 55 minutes; 8 seconds Longitude and : 13 degrees;37 minutes; 37 seconds Latitude
To : -0 degrees; 57 minutes; 41 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 52 minutes; 14 seconds Latitude
AND...
From : 0 degrees; 3 minutes; 33 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 58 minutes; 15 seconds Latitude
To : 0 degrees; 13 minutes; 55 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 58 minutes; 15 seconds Latitude
These changes are defined by FEWS/ARD Washington, DC, USA.
The changes to Ethiopia are: The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) International boundary was used for the International boundary for Ethiopia with the only revisions being those listed below.
From : 36 degrees; 34 minutes; 5 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 14 minutes; 25 seconds Latitude
To : 42 degrees; 25 minutes; 22 seconds Longitude and : 12 degrees; 26 minutes; 53 seconds Latitude
These changes are defined by FEWS/ARD Washington, DC, USA.
The changes to Eritrea are: The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) International boundary was used for the International boundary of Eritrea with the only revisions being those listed below:
From : 36 degrees; 34 minutes; 5 seconds Longitude and : 14 degrees; 14 minutes; 25 seconds Latitude
To : 42 degrees; 25 minutes; 22 seconds Longitude and : 12 degrees; 26 minutes; 53 seconds Latitude
These changes are defined by FEWS/ARD Washington, DC, USA.
The international boundary for Malawi was extracted from an ARC/INFO LIBRARY created from the ARC/INFO version of the Digital Chart of the World (DCW) using the ARC/INFO tool LIBRARIAN.
Revisions: During ARC/INFO coverage development modifications were made to the digital files to generate a database with a common scale, uniform level of resolution, consistent coding scheme and comparable (standardized) measurement data.
The only revision from the original data sets was the addition of certain attributes.
Reviews_Applied_to_Data: Peer review, 03/96, FEWS/ARD Washington, D.C.
Digital line work and attribute data checked for discrepancies and approved for release to FEWS in-country and regional field representatives.
Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets: None
Other_References_Cited: Deichmann, Uwe, 1994, "A Medium Resolution Population Database for Africa." The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI), Inc, "Digital Chart of the World," PONET Layer. ESRI, Redlands, CA, USA. 1994. Scale - 1:1,000,000.
Notes: USAID - United States Agency for International Development. FEWS - Famine Early Warning System ARD - Associates in Rural Development EDC - EROS Data Center USGS - United States Geological Survey MRPDA - Medium Resolution Population Database for Africa
The DCW sources are the Defense Mapping Agency's Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series and the Jet Navigation Charts (JNC). The dates used by the ONC and the JNC for their source material is unknown. ESRI published the DCW in 1993.
The additional attributes were added in April of 1996 by the EROS Data Center (EDC).
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the EROS Data Center, no warranty expressed or implied is made by FEWS/ARD or USGS/EDC regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
The Geological Survey will warrant the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Requests for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.
This data set contains data that has copyright protection and is not for general (public) distribution.
To the best knowledge of USAID/FEWS and EDC the data compiled in this data set meets the codes and/or procedures established for completeness and consistency.
The absolute horizontal accuracy of the DCW for all features derived from Jet Navigation Charts (JNC) is 4270 meters (14006 feet) at 90% Circular Error.
The item (ID) defines the unique administrative unit code, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (CNT-ABB) defines the unique country abbreviation, as defined by EDC. The item (ADMN2) defines the second level administrative unit names, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (ADMN3) defines the third level administrative unit names, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (ADMN4) defines the fourth level administrative unit names, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (ADMN5) defines the fifth level administrative unit names, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (NUM-CODE) defines the unique numeric administrative unit identifier, as defined by EDC. The item (REGION) defines the African region that Malawi is associated with, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWS-ABB) defines the unique country abbreviation, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWSID) defines the unique administrative unit identifier, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWSID2) defines the unique identifiers for the second level administrative units, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWSID3) defines the unique identifiers for the third level administrative units, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWSID4) defines the unique identifiers for the fourth level administrative units, as defined by FEWS/ARD. The item (FEWSID5) defines the unique identifiers for the fifth level administrative units, as defined by FEWS/ARD.CNT-ABB...............MI ADMN2.................see MIADMN2 ADMN3.................see MIADMN3 ADMN4.................see MIADMN4 REGION................South FEWS-ABB..............MW FEWSID2...............see MIADMN2 FEWSID3...............see MIADMN3 FEWSID4...............see MIADMN4
ADMN5 FEWSID5
BIBI KALUUNDA MI5BIBI KALUUNDA BLANTYRE MI5BLANTYRE BOGHOYO MI5BOGHOYO BVUMBWE MI5BVUMBWE CHADZA MI5CHADZA CHAKAZA MI5CHAKAZA CHAKUMBIRA MI5CHAKUMBIRA CHAMBA MI5CHAMBA CHAMPITI MI5CHAMPITI CHANGATA MI5CHANGATA CHAPANANGA MI5CHAPANANGA CHAPINDUKA MI5CHAPINDUKA CHAUMA MI5CHAUMA CHIGARU MI5CHIGARU CHIKHO MI5CHIKHO CHIKOWI MI5CHIKOWI CHIKULAMAYEMBE MI5CHIKULAMAYEMBE CHIKUMBU MI5CHIKUMBU CHIKWEO MI5CHIKWEO CHILIKUMWENDO MI5CHILIKUMWENDO CHILOOKO MI5CHILOOKO CHILOWAMATAMBE MI5CHILOWAMATAMBE CHIMALIRO MI5CHIMALIRO CHIMOMBO MI5CHIMOMBO CHIMUTU MI5CHIMUTU CHIMWALA MI5CHIMWALA CHINDE MI5CHINDE CHISEKA MI5CHISEKA CHISIKWA MI5CHISIKWA CHITEKWELE MI5CHITEKWELE CHITERA MI5CHITERA CHITUKULA MI5CHITUKULA CHIWALO MI5CHIWALO CHIWERE MI5CHIWERE CHOWE MI5CHOWE CHULU MI5CHULU DAMBE MI5DAMBE DZOOLE MI5DZOOLE FUKAMALAZA MI5FUKAMALAZA FUKAMAPIRI MI5FUKAMAPIRI GOODSON GANYA MI5GOODSON GANYA JALASI MI5JALASI JARAVIKUBA MUNTHALI MI5JARAVIKUBA MUNTHALI KABUDULA MI5KABUDULA KABUNDULI MI5KABUNDULI KACHINDAMOTO MI5KACHINDAMOTO KACHULU MI5KACHULU KAFUZILA MI5KAFUZILA KALEMBO MI5KALEMBO KALOLO MI5KALOLO KALULUMA MI5KALULUMA KALUMBA MI5KALUMBA KALUMBU MI5KALUMBU KALUMO MI5KALUMO KAMBALAME MI5KAMBALAME KAMBWIRI MI5KAMBWIRI KAMEME MI5KAMEME KAMPINGO SIBANDE MI5KAMPINGO SIBANDE KAMWENYA GWAZA MI5KAMWENYA GWAZA KANDEWERE MI5KANDEWERE KANDUKU MI5KANDUKU KANYENDA MI5KANYENDA KAOMBA MI5KAOMBA KAPELULA MI5KAPELULA KAPENI MI5KAPENI KAPHUKA MI5KAPHUKA KARONGA MI5KARONGA KASAKULA MI5KASAKULA KASISI MI5KASISI KASUMBU MI5KASUMBU KATULI MI5KATULI KATUMBI MI5KATUMBI KATUNGA MI5KATUNGA KAWAMBA MI5KAWAMBA KAWINGA MI5KAWINGA KAYEMBE MI5KAYEMBE KHOMBEDZA MI5KHOMBEDZA KHONGONI MI5KHONGONI KHOSOLO GWAZA JERE MI5KHOSOLO GWAZA JERE KILUPULA MI5KILUPULA KUNTAJA MI5KUNTAJA KUNTHEMBWE MI5KUNTHEMBWE KUNTUMANJI MI5KUNTUMANJI KWATAINE MI5KWATAINE KWETHEMULE MI5KWETHEMULE KYUNGU MI5KYUNGU LAKE CHILWA MI5LAKE CHILWA LAKE CHIUTA MI5LAKE CHIUTA LAKE MALAWI MI5LAKE MALAWI LAKE MALOMBE MI5LAKE MALOMBE LASTON JUMA MI5LASTON JUMA LASTON NJEMA MI5LASTON NJEMA LIKOSWE MI5LIKOSWE LIWONDE MI5LIWONDE LUKWA MI5LUKWA LUNDU MI5LUNDU M'MBELWA MI5M'MBELWA M'NYANJA MI5M'NYANJA MABUKA MI5MABUKA MABULABO MI5MABULABO MAGANGA MI5MAGANGA MAKANJIRA MI5MAKANJIRA MAKATA MI5MAKATA MAKHWIRA MI5MAKHWIRA MAKOKO MI5MAKOKO MAKWANGWALA MI5MAKWANGWALA MALANDA MI5MALANDA MALEMIA MI5MALEMIA MALENGA CHANZI MI5MALENGA CHANZI MALENGA MZOMA MI5MALENGA MZOMA MALILI MI5MALILI MANKAMBIRA MI5MANKAMBIRA MASASA MI5MASASA MASSEA MI5MASSEA MAZENGERA MI5MAZENGERA MBAWELA MI5MBAWELA MBENJE MI5MBENJE MBIZA MI5MBIZA MBWANA NGAMBI MI5MBWANA NGAMBI MBWANA NYAMBI MI5MBWANA NYAMBI MDUWA MI5MDUWA MKANDA MI5MKANDA MKHUMBA MI5MKHUMBA MKONDOWE MI5MKONDOWE MKUKULA MI5MKUKULA MKUMBIRA MI5MKUMBIRA MKUMPHA MI5MKUMPHA MLAULI MI5MLAULI MLOLO MI5MLOLO MLOMBA MI5MLOMBA MLONYENI MI5MLONYENI MLUMBE MI5MLUMBE MOVWERE MI5MOVWERE MPAMA MI5MPAMA MPANDO MI5MPANDO MPHEREMBE MI5MPHEREMBE MPHONDE MI5MPHONDE MPONDA MI5MPONDA MPONETA MI5MPONETA MPOSA MI5MPOSA MPUKA MI5MPUKA MSAKAMBEWA MI5MSAKAMBEWA MSAMALA MI5MSAMALA MSASA MI5MSASA MTEMA MI5MTEMA MTHIRAMANJA MI5MTHIRAMANJA MTWALO II MI5MTWALO II MUCHINJILI MI5MUCHINJILI MUSISYA MI5MUSISYA MWABULAMBYA MI5MWABULAMBYA MWADZAMA MI5MWADZAMA MWAHENGA MI5MWAHENGA MWAKABOKO MI5MWAKABOKO MWALWENI MI5MWALWENI MWAMBO MI5MWAMBO MWAMLOWE MI5MWAMLOWE MWANKUNIKIRA MI5MWANKUNIKIRA MWANSAMBO MI5MWANSAMBO MWANZA MI5MWANZA MWENEMISUKU MI5MWENEMISUKU MWENEWENYA MI5MWENEWENYA MWIRANGOMBE MI5MWIRANGOMBE MZIKUBOLA MI5MZIKUBOLA MZUKUZUKU MI5MZUKUZUKU NAMABVI MI5NAMABVI NANKUMBA MI5NANKUMBA NAZOMBE MI5NAZOMBE NCHEMA MI5NCHEMA NCHILAMWELA MI5NCHILAMWELA NDAMERA MI5NDAMERA NDINDI MI5NDINDI NGABU MI5NGABU NGAMWANE MI5NGAMWANE NGOKWE MI5NGOKWE NGOZI MI5NGOZI NJAMBWA MI5NJAMBWA NJEWA MI5NJEWA NJOLOMOLE MI5NJOLOMOLE NKALO MI5NKALO NKANDA MI5NKANDA NSABWE MI5NSABWE NTACHE MI5NTACHE NTHALIRE MI5NTHALIRE NTHONDO MI5NTHONDO NTUKUTA MI5NTUKUTA NYACHIKADZA MI5NYACHIKADZA NYALUWANGA MI5NYALUWANGA NYAMBI MI5NYAMBI PEMBA MI5PEMBA PHAMBALA MI5PHAMBALA SANTHE MI5SANTHE SIMLEMBA MI5SIMLEMBA SITOLA MI5SITOLA SOMBA MI5SOMBA SYMON MI5SYMON TAMBALA MI5TAMBALA TENGANI MI5TENGANI THOMAS MI5THOMAS TIMBIRI MI5TIMBIRI TSABANGO MI5TSABANGO WASAMBO MI5WASAMBO WIMBE MI5WIMBE ZILAKOMA MI5ZILAKOMA ZOLOKERE MI5ZOLOKERE ZOMBA MI5ZOMBA ZULU MI5ZULU
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