Paraguay Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data provides settlements and residential areas across Paraguay. The dataset includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land parcels. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects using residential land areas.
• Conduct population analysis using the distribution of towns and villages.

Strengths

• Includes both named places (`place=*`) and residential land areas (`landuse=residential`).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Paraguay