Morocco Populated Places and Residential Areas with Multilingual Names
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Description
This geospatial dataset provides point and polygon features for populated settlements and residential land use across Morocco, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team in March 2026. It categorizes locations into five distinct settlement types including cities, towns, and isolated dwellings based on OpenStreetMap tagging standards. The data is available in multiple formats including SHP, GeoJSON, and CSV to support various GIS workflows.
Use Cases
Demographic modeling using the population and place classification columns
Linguistic mapping of indigenous Berber place names using the name:ber attribute
Emergency response planning by identifying isolated_dwelling and village locations
Strengths
Multilingual toponyms provided in English, Arabic, and Berber scripts
Available in six file formats including SHP, KML, and GeoPackage
Standardized OpenStreetMap tagging for settlement hierarchy
Limitations
Inconsistent population data across records
Volunteer-contributed data may have varying levels of positional accuracy
Geographic bias toward more frequently mapped urban areas
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap via Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Collection Method
Crowdsourced geospatial data exported via the HOT export tool
Freshness
Updated as of March 2026; reflects the state of OpenStreetMap at the time of export.
Geography
Morocco
Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL); any derivative works must attribute OpenStreetMap contributors and maintain the same license.