Cultural and Historic Places in Bahrain from OpenStreetMap
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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Bahrain, including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of the map data varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.
Use Cases
Map cultural heritage assets for protection planning based on the listed place types.
Analyze the distribution of tourist amenities for regional tourism development based on the tourism and amenity tags.
Create a baseline inventory of historic sites for academic research based on the historic and heritage tags.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 01:05:10.738870
Geography
Bahrain
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.