Cultural Places in Eritrea from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Eritrea include museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for urban planning based on the described place types.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• 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.

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

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:21:52.913124; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eritrea