Populated Places of Ukraine from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Ukrainian settlements and residential areas, including cities, towns, villages, and suburbs. The dataset is part of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's exports grid on HDX and was last updated on 2026-06-24. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely well-represented.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on settlement types and residential land use.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on populated place locations.
• Population distribution analysis based on the geographic coverage of named places.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-06-24 09:10:43.417030.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse due to reliance on volunteer mapper activity.
• 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 mapping and collaborative contributions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 09:10:43.417030

Geography

Ukraine