Nicaragua Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of settlements and residential areas in Nicaragua. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, derived from OSM tags `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on named places and residential landuse.
• Analyze demographic patterns using the spatial context of populated places.
• Target humanitarian or development interventions based on settlement-level data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Covers a defined set of OSM features: named places (`place=*`) and residential landuse (`landuse=residential`).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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.

Geography

Nicaragua