Nepal Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Nepal includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land areas.
• Conduct population distribution analysis using the categorized place data.
• Cross-reference local field knowledge with mapped settlement data for validation.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Based on the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, offering free global data.
• Covers a specific geographic region (Nepal) for focused analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:11:43.120212; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nepal