Saint Kitts and Nevis Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data provides settlements and residential areas for Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Create demographic context maps based on named settlements.
• Perform settlement-level targeting for aid distribution using residential land data.
• Conduct population analysis using the geographic distribution of populated places.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple export formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly includes features tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 17:02:27.247718

Geography

Saint Kitts and Nevis