Albania Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Albania's settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use polygons. The data is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land use.
• Conduct population distribution analysis using the hierarchy of place types (city, town, village).

Strengths

• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 19:23:56.501123; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Albania