Cultural and Historic Places in Sao Tome and Principe from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Sao Tome and Principe contains cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries based on the `tourism` tag.
• Identify locations of places of worship and monuments for cultural studies based on the `amenity` tag.

Strengths

• Includes multiple cultural feature types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped according to the description.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:22:20.314706

Geography

Sao Tome and Principe