South Sudan Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data exports by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team provide a geospatial dataset of settlements and residential areas in South Sudan. It includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The data was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Provide demographic context for regional planning based on settlement locations.
• Enable settlement-level targeting for aid distribution based on populated place data.
• Conduct population analysis using residential land use and place name features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Includes features from two specific OSM tag categories: `place=*` and `landuse=residential`.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:09:36.069849; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan