Lebanon Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Lebanon's named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential areas, last updated 2026-06-19. The dataset is derived from a free, collaborative world map and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically well-represented.

Use Cases

• Conduct demographic context analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development programs based on residential land use data.
• Analyze population distribution patterns based on the classification of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free and collaborative global mapping project.
• Last updated on 2026-06-19, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Coverage is dependent on volunteer mapper activity; remote areas may be sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Collaborative volunteer mapping

Time Range

Current as of 2026-06-19

Freshness

2026-06-19

Geography

Lebanon