Populated Places in the Central African Republic from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas from OpenStreetMap, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on populated place data.
• Population distribution analysis based on residential landuse and place tags.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:43:51.424770

Geography

Central African Republic