This polygon shapefile depicts the chiefdom boundaries in the Western Province of Zambia for 1958-2014. These data show the extent of each chiefdom as demarcated in 1958 maps of Zambia. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data relating to Zambia including boundary files, rivers, roads, schools, utilities, protected areas and vegetation. This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Zambia Provincial Centre for Geographic Information Services. (2014) Chiefdom Boundaries: Western Province, Zambia, 1958-2014. PCGIS Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fh742tx1514