Guinea-Bissau Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Guinea-Bissau settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, likely containing geographic coordinates and place names. The data was compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on settlement locations and types.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on populated place data.
• Analyze population distribution patterns based on residential land use and place classifications.

Strengths

• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, and suburbs.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 09:25:32.820691; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guinea-Bissau