Afghanistan Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap

Afghanistan's cultural and historic places exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection based on OSM tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres.
• Identify historic sites and monuments for conservation planning.
• Contextualize tourism development and cultural resource management.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from a well-known collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 12:05:02.686541

Geography

Afghanistan