Mozambique Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Named settlements and residential areas across Mozambique, sourced from OpenStreetMap. The data includes cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use polygons. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Mapping settlement distribution based on named places and residential land use.
• Providing demographic context for regional planning based on populated place locations.
• Supporting settlement-level targeting for aid or development projects using geospatial data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.
• Explicitly includes both named places (`place=*`) and residential land use (`landuse=residential`).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped while 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 the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:36:35.232808; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique