Dominican Republic Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for the Dominican Republic includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:49.966110

Geography

Dominican Republic