Iraq Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas in Iraq exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and last updated on 2026-05-14. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) on the HDX platform.

Use Cases

• Providing demographic context for Iraq based on settlement locations.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid or development projects based on residential areas.
• Population analysis using the distribution of named places and residential landuse.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used, free, and collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:39:57.836080

Geography

Iraq