Populated Places in Namibia from OpenStreetMap

Namibia's settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Demographic analysis based on settlement types and residential land use.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid or development projects based on populated place locations.
• Population distribution mapping based on the presence of named cities, towns, and villages.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geographic file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Covers a specific geographic region: Namibia.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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-built collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:12:35.796827; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Namibia