Djibouti Cultural Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Djibouti contains cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on OSM tags for historic and heritage features.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities for regional development based on tagged museums, galleries, and theatres.
• Create a baseline inventory of places of worship for demographic or social studies based on amenity tags.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:06.224901; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Djibouti