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Title: Migration Routes, Refugee Populations [Afghanistan] {1981-1991}

Contributors:

Alternate titles

  • Afghanistan_1981_1991

Dates

  • Issued: December 01, 2016
  • Coverage: 1981
  • Coverage: 1981 to 1991

Summary

A sublayer from migration routes for the five largest refugee populations in modern US history. This layer focuses on Afghanistan refugee migrations to the top 10 destination countries during the course of the Soviet-Afghan War from 1981 to 1991.

Source data: “Population Statistics.” The UN Refugee Agency, http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern. Accessed 7 June 2016.

Subjects

  • Afghanistan
  • Web services

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-99.6322,79.6039,80.6842,23.2436)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-99.6322,79.6039,80.6842,23.2436)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • Data may be freely downloaded for research, study, or teaching, but must be cited appropriately. Re-release of the data, or incorporation of the data into a commercial product, is allowed only with explicit permission. Contact U-Spatial at uspatial@umn.edu or visit our website at www.uspatial.umn.edu for more information.

Citation

U-Spatial. Migration Routes, Refugee Populations [Afghanistan] {1981-1991}. Vector data, Line data. https://umn.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c69b75a12ca64324a0109d48db735f6d&sublayer=0

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • eng