Bolivian Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

A 2026 export from OpenStreetMap contains named settlements and residential areas across Bolivia. The dataset includes cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It is useful for demographic context, settlement-level targeting, and population analysis.

Use Cases

• Mapping settlement distribution based on named places and residential land.
• Analyzing demographic context using the categorized place data.
• Targeting interventions at the settlement level using the geographic features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers a defined geographic area: Bolivia.
• Sourced from a well-known, collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:38:06.348742

Geography

Bolivia