Populated Places and Settlements in Niger from OpenStreetMap

Niger settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement names and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land use.
• Population distribution analysis using the geographic locations of populated places.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic data formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Explicitly includes residential land use (`landuse=residential`) in addition to populated places.

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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:22:13.017518

Geography

Niger