Belarus Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Belarus includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is useful for providing demographic context and settlement-level geographic analysis.

Use Cases

• Demographic analysis based on settlement names and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land areas.
• Population distribution mapping using the geographic locations of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Covers a specific geography: Belarus.

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 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:22:36.151948; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Belarus