Comoros Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Comoros settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for aid distribution using residential land areas.
• Analyze population distribution patterns from categorized place data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:44:47.227778; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comoros