Financial Services of Chad: Banks, ATMs, and Money Transfer Agents

OpenStreetMap data for Chad tags financial service locations via the `amenity` key, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-22. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically better represented than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Map financial service access for inclusion analysis based on tagged amenity types.
• Plan cash distribution networks based on the locations of banks and money transfer agents.
• Analyze economic infrastructure density based on the spatial distribution of financial points.

Strengths

• Includes multiple financial service types tagged via a standardized OpenStreetMap key (`amenity`).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas sparse.
• 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 mapping and collaborative contributions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 19:24:56.379643; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chad