Education Facilities in Lesotho from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide locations of education facilities in Lesotho, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school accessibility based on facility locations.
• Plan education resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and colleges.
• Analyze the density of educational infrastructure across different regions of Lesotho.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• The dataset is derived from a well-known, collaborative mapping source (OpenStreetMap).
• It covers multiple types of education facilities (schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 data exported via tags for `amenity` or `building`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:49:24.088553

Geography

Lesotho