Venezuela Populated Places and Residential Areas from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Venezuela includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-15. It is useful for demographic context, settlement-level targeting, and population analysis.

Use Cases

• Demographic analysis based on settlement locations and types.
• Settlement-level targeting for humanitarian or development projects based on residential land areas.
• Mapping and visualizing populated places for geographic context.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.
• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:54.864748; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Venezuela