Turkmenistan Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap

Turkmenistan's health facilities exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists tagged via `amenity` or `healthcare` keys. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service access gaps based on facility type and location.
• Plan emergency medical response based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Analyze the density of pharmacies and doctors relative to population centers.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes five types of health facilities: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped while 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 OSM tags `amenity` and `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:11:09.476700; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Turkmenistan