Cultural and Historic Places in Bahrain from OpenStreetMap

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