French Guiana Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for French Guiana includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Completeness of the volunteer-built map varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on the distribution of named settlements.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using the residential land and place data.
• Population analysis leveraging the categorized populated places (cities, towns, villages).

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Covers a defined geographic region (French Guiana) with data from a widely-used open-source map (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 15:51:28.893041.

Geography

French Guiana