Djibouti Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas in Djibouti exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on named settlements and residential areas.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on populated place locations.
• Population distribution analysis based on residential land use data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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-collaborative mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:11:02.283577

Geography

Djibouti