Colombia Administrative Boundaries for 33 Departments and 1,122 Municipalities

December 2019 boundaries for Colombia's administrative divisions, structured into three levels. The dataset includes 33 departments (Admin 1), 1,122 municipalities (Admin 2), and 31,880 corregimientos or comunas with partial coverage (Admin 3). It was contributed by OCHA Latin America and the Caribbean, quality assured by OCHA FIS and HDX, and reviewed for accuracy in November 2024.

Use Cases

• Create regional maps and visualizations based on the administrative level 0-3 boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis for humanitarian or development planning based on the department and municipality divisions.
• Integrate subnational administrative units into a larger geospatial database based on the dataset's global collection membership.

Strengths

• Contains 33 departments, 1,122 municipalities, and 31,880 lower-level divisions, providing detailed subnational coverage.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 20 November 2024.
• Part of a standardized global collection (Global Subnational Administrative Boundaries).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Admin 3 coverage is described as partial, which may limit analysis at the finest granularity.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), OCHA Field Information Services (FIS), HDX

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official national sources.

Time Range

Boundaries created 01 December 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 08:40:53.821986; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia