Populated Places in Mali from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas in Mali exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Provide demographic context for a region based on settlement locations and types.
• Target interventions or services at the settlement level using the populated places data.
• Conduct population distribution analysis using the residential landuse and place tags.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:54:11.016550; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mali