Cuban Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap, Including Hospitals and Clinics

OpenStreetMap exports provide locations for health facilities across Cuba, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Data completeness likely varies, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations and types.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the spatial distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Map healthcare coverage gaps based on the density and types of amenities tagged.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Derived from a well-known, collaborative mapping source (OpenStreetMap).
• Covers a specific, defined geography (Cuba).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with potential under-coverage in remote areas.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags for `amenity` or `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:54:26.151499; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cuba