The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) is an initiative implemented by FAO within the EC-FAO Food Security Programme funded by the European Commission (http://www.foodsecinfoaction.org/News/news_06_06.htm). The GAUL aims at compiling and disseminating the most reliable spatial information on administrative units for all the countries in the world, providing a contribution to the standardization of the spatial dataset representing administrative units. The GAUL

Datasets

Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), second level (level 2) for reference year 2008 - version 2009, Dec. 2008Postgis
Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), national level (level 0) for reference year 2008 - version 2009, Dec. 2008Postgis
Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL), first level (level 1) for reference year 2008 - version 2009, Dec. 2008Postgis