Populated Places of Ethiopia from OpenStreetMap

Ethiopia's named settlements and residential areas, including cities, towns, villages, and suburbs, derived from OpenStreetMap tags for place and residential land use. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this dataset, which was last updated on June 19, III. Coverage reflects the activity of volunteer mappers, potentially leading to urban bias.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlement locations.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for aid or services based on residential land use data.
• Analyze population distribution patterns using the categorized place types.

Strengths

• Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Published under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas sparse.
• 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 mapping and collaborative contribution.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 10:34:56.137514; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia