Lebanon Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Lebanon settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use areas. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on populated place locations.
• Conduct population distribution analysis based on residential land use areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborated mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:21:36.416212

Geography

Lebanon