Palestinian Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for the State of Palestine contain settlements and residential areas. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land, sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this export on HDX, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Conducting population analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Providing demographic context for regional planning using residential land use data.
• Enabling settlement-level targeting for aid or development projects based on populated place data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:09:04.761304; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Palestine