Cultural and Historic Places in Iraq from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Iraq contain cultural and historic places tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection planning based on the `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries for regional development.
• Create basemaps for cultural tourism applications using the `tourism` and `amenity` feature types.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Covers multiple cultural feature types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:42:59.472318; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iraq