Saudi Arabia Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for Saudi Arabia matching populated place and residential landuse tags, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes attributes such as name, population, and location classification. It was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Map settlement hierarchy based on the 'place' attribute (city, town, village, etc.)
• Analyze residential land distribution based on the 'landuse' attribute
• Geocode locations using the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:ar' attributes
• Estimate population distribution using the 'population' attribute where available

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project
• Includes multilingual place names ('name:en', 'name:ar')
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tags

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:48:21.566267; freshness should be verified

Geography

Saudi Arabia