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OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)

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Daily-updated OpenStreetMap data extract for Nigeria in .osm.pbf (~677 MB), ESRI shapefile .shp.zip (~2.0 GB) and .gpkg.zip (~2.0 GB), plus dated historical snapshots. Distributed by Geofabrik under ODbL.

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Free / ODbL
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Last verified
24 Jun 2026

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openstreetmap
osm
shapefile
geopackage
vector

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