Ecuador Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Ecuador includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-15. It is sourced from a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is explicitly derived from the OpenStreetMap project, a widely-used open-source mapping platform.

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:55:27.823817; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador