Somalia Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

Settlements and residential areas for Somalia exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land use polygons. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains the export, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on named places and residential land use.
• Provide demographic context for regional planning using settlement data.
• Support population analysis by identifying residential areas.
• Cross-reference settlement locations with other geospatial datasets.
• Assess urban mapping completeness versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple export formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-05-14.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-built collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:58:04.786819; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia