Description

GEO2_RW2012 identifies the household's district within Rwanda in 2012. Districts are the second level administrative units of the country, after provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_RW2012 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

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

Comparability — General

There are no comparability issues for GEO2_RW2012.

However, before 2002, Rwanda was divided into prefectures that were organized to form 106 districts in 2002. The districts were reorganized again in 2012 to form thirty districts with entirely different boundaries.

Universe

Availability

• Rwanda: 2012