Health Facilities in Mauritania from OpenStreetMap

Mauritania's health facilities are mapped from OpenStreetMap, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated in May 2026. Completeness likely varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility type and location.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Map gaps in healthcare coverage by comparing facility density against population data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with remote areas likely less complete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via OpenStreetMap tags for `amenity` or `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:41:12.884435

Geography

Mauritania