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LGA Boundaries (GRID3) vs OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)
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Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free
Free / ODbL
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
24 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026
Tags
geographic, boundaries, gis
openstreetmap, osm, shapefile, geopackage, vector
Summary
Authoritative, OSGOF-backed LGA boundary polygons for all 36 states plus FCT (Dec 2020) in GeoJSON/SHP, no auth required.
Daily-updated OpenStreetMap data extract for Nigeria in .osm.pbf (~677 MB), ESRI shapefile .shp.zip (~2.0 GB) and .gpkg.zip (~2.0 GB), plus dated historical snapshots. Distributed by Geofabrik under ODbL.