Major Categories Color Number

1. Residence-R Hatch
Sub Categories Code Color CAD GIS
Pure Residential areas R-1
0
50
Mixed Residential Mixed with retail R-2
trades and businesses
40 170

High Density Mixed Medium and high rise residential R-3 40

buildings mixed with retail trade
and business
Special Palace, Embassy, Monastery R-4 12

2. Administration-AD
Government Institutions AD-1
168
13
Sector Offices AD-11

Local area Administration AD-12

(Region, Zone, Wereda, City or
Kebele)

Police, Justice, Court AD-13

Prison, Correctional or AD-14

Rehabilitation center
International AD-2
Organizations and NGOs
International Organizations AD-21
Embassy-Chancery, Consular AD-22
office
NGOs AD-23
Unions and Community AD-3
Based Organizations,
Parties
Unions AD-31
CBOs AD-32
Parties AD-33

3. Commerce, Business & Trade-CO

Commerce CO-1 1 Red 255

General/Open Market or Weekly CO-11

Market
Covered Market or Gulit CO-12
Cattle/Livestock Market CO-13
Business & Trade CO-2
Hotels, Restaurants, Motels, CO-21
Grocery, cafeteria, Kiosk, super
market, Barberry, fuel station
&beauty salon etc.
Mall /Plaza , Star Hotels, Business CO-22
centers,Hyper Market
Import-Export, Whole sale, CO-23
Consultancy & company offices
Financial Institutions CO-3
Banks or Insurances CO-31
Credit Associations or Micro CO-32
Finance
4. Services-S
Education S-1
5 Blue 112

Preschool educations Kindergarten, Religious and S-11 If the spatial scale

Traditional allows illustration
of the land use

1
 Primary School S-12 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
High School S-13
Special need S-14
Schools & institutions TVET S-15
College/University S-16
Research & Training Centers S-17
Health S-2
Health post S-21 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Health Center S-22
Hospital S-23
Specialized/Referral Hospital S-24
Veterinary S-25
Municipal Services S-3
Slaughterhouse S-31
Municipal Cemetery S-32
Fire and emergency Service S-33
Solid waste disposal site S-34
Liquid waste transfer stations S-35
Liquid waste disposal S-36
site/treatment plant
Civic, Cultural Welfare S-4
Library,Cultural Center/Museum, S-41 If the spatial scale
Historical Site&Building, allows illustration
Multipurpose Hall,Radio-Studio of the land use
Religious, traditional & Public S-42
Festivity areas
Youth center S-43 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Orphanage, People with disability S-44
centers etc.
Iddir S45
Religious institutions & S-5
Cemeteries
Orthodox church S-51
Non-Orthodox Churches S-52
Mosque S-53
Others S-54
Orthodox Cemetery S-55
Non-Orthodox Cemeteries S-56
Muslim Cemetery S-57
Others S-58
Utility Services S-6
&Infrastructure
Telecom service S-61 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Electric power Office, high and S-62
medium tension lines etc.
Water supply Office, water S-63 If the spatial scale
reservoir, treatment plant etc. allows illustration
of the land use
Postal Office S-64 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Meteorology Station/Office S-65
5. Manufacturing and Storage- M
Manufacturing M-1
6 197

Heavy Industry Canning, steel, cement, leather, M-11

heavy Building materials
production (Hydrophone,
ceramics, Bricks, large prefabs
etc.)
Light Industry Light Building material production M-12
(HCB, pipe, small-prefabricated
etc.)

2
 Oil seeds & grain processing ,
Flour Mill

Warehouse Storage, silo, fuel depot etc. M-2

Power generating plants Power generating plants, Sub M-3
and substations -station, etc
Garage and workshops Garage, handicraft &cottage M-4 If the spatial scale
industries, Wood and Metal allows illustration
Work,Car Wash of the land use
Industrial Treatment Industrial Treatment plant M-5
plant
6. Recreation and Environment-RE
Open spaces RE-1
Play lot RE-11 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
3
of the land use 76
Play ground RE-12 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Sport filed RE-13
Formal green RE-2
Green areas RE-21 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Parks RE-22
Botanical Garden RE-23
Zoo RE-24
Lake and river side resort Centers RE-25
Sport centers RE-3
Gymnasium, Club, Circus, ground RE -31 If the spatial scale
tennis etc. allows illustration
of the land use
Stadium RE -32
Golf centers, Horse riding, RE -33
athletics centers etc.
Environmental RE-4
Forest (manmade & natural) RE -41
Buffer zones RE -42
Nursery sites RE -43 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Environmentally fragile areas RE -44
(Marshes, lakes, river, ground
water potential etc.)
7. Transport-T
Terminals Bus ,LRT ,Rail, Water and AIR T-1
253 255

Intra-city terminal T-11

(Bus, BRT, LRT, etc.)
Inter-city Terminal T-12
(Rail, Air, Bus, Lake & River
port)
Freight -Terminal T-13
(Dry Port, Freight etc.)
Parking T-2
Parking building T-21
Park and Ride T-22
Surface parking T-23
Road T-3
Principal Arterial Street PAS

Sub Arterial Street SAS

Boulevard Street BoS

Major Collector Road CR1

Minor Collector Road CR2

Local Road LR
Pedestrian way PW
Bike way BW

3
Rail & tram way LR , inter-city Rail, tram T-4

LR T-41
Inter- city rail T-42
Tram etc. T-43
8. Urban Agriculture- UA
Animal Husbandry UA-1
92 115

Breeding and fattening UA -11

Dairy products UA -12
Poultry UA -13 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Apiculture, Fishery etc UA -14 If the spatial scale
allows illustration
of the land use
Horticulture UA-2
Vegetables and fruits(Cash crops ) UA -21
Flower cutting UA -22
Crops or Grazing UA -23
UA -24
9. Special Functions-SF
Zones of Restriction SF-1
9 178

Crusher, Quarry sites, Mining, SF-11

mixing plant, reclaim site etc.
Military Camp, Aircraft SF-12
approaching areas,
Zones of Protection Geological hazardous areas (land SF-13
and mud slides, volcanic eruptions,
rocky, flood prone areas etc.)
Archaeological site SF-14 If the spatial scale
allows illustrate the
land use