Cultural and Historic Places in Rwanda from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of cultural and historic places in Rwanda, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection initiatives based on the described historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries for regional planning.
• Create basemaps for cultural tourism applications using the described places of worship and monuments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

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 23:32:50.623442; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rwanda