Croatian Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Croatia includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements and residential land areas.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the place and landuse tags.
• Conduct population distribution analysis by mapping residential landuse polygons.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple types of populated places including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.

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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:06:38.346763

Geography

Croatia