Algerian Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap, Including Clinics and Pharmacies

An OpenStreetMap export of healthcare-related points of interest across Algeria, last updated on 2026-05-05. The dataset includes features tagged as healthcare facilities or amenities such as doctors, dentists, clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies. It was contributed by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available under the ODbL-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping the distribution of healthcare facilities based on OpenStreetMap tags like 'healthcare' and 'amenity'.
• Analyzing facility types and specializations based on attributes such as 'healthcare:speciality'.
• Geocoding health facilities for service area analysis using address attributes like 'addr:city' and 'addr:full'.
• Assessing the multilingual naming of facilities using the 'name:ar' and 'name:ber' attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for interoperability.
• Attributes suggest detailed metadata per facility, including name, address, operator type, and capacity.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative and frequently updated platform.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific healthcare-related tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 14:53:24.443538; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Algeria