Sudan Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Sudan's settlements and residential areas, including named cities, towns, villages, and suburbs, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data is created by volunteers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-09.

Use Cases

• Demographic analysis based on the distribution of named settlements.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid or services based on residential land use data.
• Population analysis and mapping using the categorized place data (city, town, village).

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly includes two key OSM feature categories: named places (`place=*`) and residential land use (`landuse=residential`).
• Sourced from a well-known, collaborative mapping project with a clear license (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

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

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data from the OpenStreetMap project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 19:37:23.593118; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sudan