Angola Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap, Including Hospitals and Clinics
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Description
Health facilities in Angola exported from OpenStreetMap, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The data is built by volunteers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, with a last recorded update in May 2026. Completeness likely varies, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote regions.
Use Cases
Analyze healthcare service access based on facility type and location.
Plan emergency response routes based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
Map healthcare coverage gaps by comparing facility density against population data.
Strengths
Includes multiple facility types such as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoPackage, KML, Shapefile, and GeoJSON.
Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0) for open use.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, while remote areas may be incomplete.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags for 'amenity' or 'healthcare'.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated 2026-05 10 00:51:58.962386; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Angola
Users must cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge due to potential regional incompleteness.