Populated Places in Chad from OpenStreetMap

Chad's settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, sourced from a free, collaborative map built by volunteers. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Providing demographic context for humanitarian targeting based on settlement locations.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid distribution or program planning based on populated place data.
• Population analysis using the distribution of cities, towns, villages, and residential areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used, free, and collaborative mapping platform.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but 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 via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:33:09.257539; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chad