a9354c89-4356-474f-8426-eddb58227555 eng utf8 dataset United Nations Satellite Centre (part of UNITAR) unosat.bangkok@unitar.org pointOfContact 2026-08-07 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 EPSG:4326 EPSG geometryOnly surface 8499 Lao PDR CLEAR Village Boundaries – 80-Village Selected 2026-08-06 creation 2026-08-07 publication United Nations Satellite Centre (part of UNITAR) unosat.bangkok@unitar.org pointOfContact This national village boundary layer for Lao PDR was developed based on the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (Lao PDR) village boundary dataset. The SDC Bangkok Hub has identified 80 villages for the Community Livelihoods Enhancement and Resilience (CLEAR) project. The United Nations Satellite Centre has supported bringing all attributes into shapefile format to serve as the main dataset for project partners and CLEAR for the Village Development Process (VDP). The dataset includes village, district, and province names in both English and Lao, and indicates whether a village belongs to Batch I or Batch II. The Note field value 'Selected' identifies villages selected by the SDC Bangkok Hub. The dataset also indicates whether a village has been selected as part of a cluster for Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP). To provide project partners and the CLEAR programme with a consolidated national village boundary dataset identifying the 80 villages selected for Village Development Process (VDP) planning and Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP) clustering. United Nations Satellite Centre (part of UNITAR) unosat.bangkok@unitar.org pointOfContact asNeeded village boundary administrative boundary Community Livelihoods Enhancement and Resilience (CLEAR) Village Development Process (VDP) Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP) ethnic group cluster sampling theme Lao PDR Laos place otherRestrictions otherRestrictions This dataset is compiled information contributed by various partners. The United Nations Satellite Centre (part of UNITAR) is not the owner of, and is not responsible for, any misuse of this data. The boundaries and names shown, and the designations used on this map, do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Village boundaries are intended for Village Development Process (VDP) planning purposes only and are not for legal use. Original administrative boundary source: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR. vector eng lao boundaries society planningCadastre 100.083131 107.635040 13.909824 22.509207 true CLEAR_Village attribute definitions 2026-08-06 creation dataset Village administrative boundaries (province, district, village) were sourced from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR. The SDC Bangkok Hub identified a sample of 80 villages for the Community Livelihoods Enhancement and Resilience (CLEAR) project. The United Nations Satellite Centre joined attribute data from the '80_Village_DB' table (dated 6 August 2026), which included ethnic group, project batch (I/II), selection status, and Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP) cluster/outlier grouping, to the national village boundary layer using the village code (VCODE) as the join key. The join was verified against all 80 records with a 100 percent match rate. The dataset was reprojected from WGS 1984 UTM Zone 48N (EPSG:32648) to WGS 1984 geographic coordinates (EPSG:4326) for delivery. All 8,499 villages nationally are retained in the dataset; the CLEAR-specific attributes (Ethnic, Batch, Group, Count) and the Note value 'Selected' are populated for the 80 selected villages. ESRI Shapefile 1.0 United Nations Satellite Centre (part of UNITAR) unosat.bangkok@unitar.org pointOfContact PCODE Province code (Lao PDR administrative code). PNAME Province name (English). L_PNAME Province name (Lao script). DCODE District code (Lao PDR administrative code). DNAME District name (English). L_DNAME District name (Lao script). VCODE Village code (Lao PDR administrative code); primary join key used to link the 80_Village_DB attribute table to this boundary layer. VNAME Village name (English). L_VNAME Village name (Lao script). Area_Geo Geodesic area of the village polygon, as computed in the source Ministry of Agriculture and Environment dataset. Note Selection flag. Value 'Selected' indicates the village is one of the 80 villages identified by the SDC Bangkok Hub for the CLEAR project. Populated for the 80 selected villages only; null for all other villages. Cluster Pre-existing numeric cluster identifier from the source dataset. 0 = not clustered / outlier; 1-6 = Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP) cluster group number. Ethnic Dominant ethnic group of the village. Populated for the 80 selected villages only (joined from 80_Village_DB). Batch CLEAR project batch grouping (I or II) used by the CLEAR project team to organize sets of villages. Populated for the 80 selected villages only (joined from 80_Village_DB). Group Climate Resilient Landscape Planning (CRLP) classification: 'Cluster' or 'Outliers'. Populated for the 80 selected villages only (joined from 80_Village_DB). Count Sequence number of the village within its Group/Cluster assignment. Populated for the 80 selected villages only (joined from 80_Village_DB). [Definition inferred from data pattern — please confirm.] 20261101 16553800 1.0 TRUE