5.20 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES - HEADMAN HOUSES

Data ID

Description:

Location of headman's houses in Ohangwena

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

traditional authorities - headman houses

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Ohangwena

Keywords:

headmen

traditional

authority

Notes on data, analysis and

Derived from a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Each point indicates the location of a

compilation:

headman's house within a settlement.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

1:100 000 scale; 50 - 250 m positional accuracy

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

VILLAGE

Name of village

HOUSEHOLDS

Number of households

PERSONS

number of people

DISTRICT

District

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Ministry of Health and Social Services

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

5.20 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES - HEADMAN AREAS

Data ID

Description:

Estimated headman's areas in Ohangwena

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

traditional authorities - headman areas

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Ohangwena

Keywords:

traditional

authority

headmen

Notes on data, analysis and

The survey of location of headman's houses was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. The Atlas

compilation:

project used these data to estimate the areas as Thiessen polygons. These include all areas that are closest to the

position of each headman’s homestead.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Interpolated from locations of headman's houses

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

ID	ID code for each area

GRIDCODE

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Atlas of Namibia

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted