Education Facilities in Sao Tome and Principe from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteer contributions provide a map of education facilities including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-17. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Map school accessibility based on facility locations mentioned in the description
• Plan education infrastructure based on the distribution of schools and universities
• Allocate resources by analyzing the density of kindergartens and colleges

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON
• Data is provided under the open ODbL-1.0 license

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 tagged via `amenity` or `building` keys

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 09:27:29.586514; freshness should be verified

Geography

Sao Tome and Principe