Trinidad and Tobago Populated Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide settlements and residential areas for Trinidad and Tobago, including named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness of mapping varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on named settlements and residential areas.
• Settlement-level targeting for aid or services based on populated place locations.
• Population distribution analysis based on landuse=residential tags.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple geographic data formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:12.896560.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete and require cross-checking with local knowledge.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:25:12.896560.

Geography

Trinidad and Tobago