Cultural and Historic Places of Kenya from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Kenya tagged with tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys, identifying museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, last updated on 2026-06-19. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.

Use Cases

• Mapping cultural assets for heritage protection based on tagged historic and heritage sites.
• Analyzing tourism infrastructure distribution based on tagged tourism and amenity features.
• Creating cultural context layers for regional planning based on the categorized points of interest.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly tagged for cultural and historic features using established OSM keys.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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 mapping and collaborative contributions.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 11:08:48.583996; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kenya