Cameroon Populated Places from OpenStreetMap for Settlement Analysis

Settlements and residential areas in Cameroon, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The data is an export from OpenStreetMap, a free collaborative world map built by volunteers, and was last updated on 2026-05-14. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for aid distribution based on residential land areas.
• Conduct population analysis using the distribution of cities, towns, and villages.

Strengths

• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is openly licensed under ODbL-1.0.

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, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:36:37.627278; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cameroon