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GEO2_HN1988
Honduras, Municipality 1988 [Level 2, GIS]

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Description

GEO2_HN1988 identifies the household's municipality within Honduras in 1988. Municipalities are the second level administrative units of the country, after departments. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_HN1988 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Honduras can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

Municipalities with populations less than 10,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring municipalities within the same department to create units with populations greater than 10,000.

Universe

  • All households

Availability

  • Honduras: 1988