Democratic Republic of the Congo : Populated Places (OpenStreetMap Export)

OpenStreetMap data for settlements and residential areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use areas, based on OSM tags for `place` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Target humanitarian interventions based on residential land use areas.
• Analyze settlement distribution and density for population studies.
• Cross-reference local field knowledge with mapped urban and remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data, exported via the HDX platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 11:09:41.438191; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo.