Eritrea Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas for Eritrea exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas, derived from the `place=*` and `landuse=residential` tags. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Conduct demographic context analysis based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land areas.
• Analyze population distribution patterns based on the location of cities, towns, and villages.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is explicitly derived from the OpenStreetMap `place` and `landuse=residential` tags.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:18:53.038159.

Geography

Eritrea