Cuban Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Cuba includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of mapping varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land areas.
• Population distribution analysis using the geographic distribution of named places.

Strengths

• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:54:48.422208; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cuba