Cupos Colombia Mayor: Municipal Quotas and Budget Allocations for Direct Payments

Cupos Colombia Mayor provides municipal-level data on available quotas for direct payments by the Colombia Mayor program. The dataset includes columns for department, municipality, DANE code, and total budget allocation. It is hosted on the Colombian government's open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of social welfare quotas across departments using Departamento and Municipio / Distrito columns.
• Mapping budget allocations to specific municipalities using Código DANE and Asignación Presupuestal Total columns.
• Comparing quota availability and budgeted amounts for the 2021 period using Cupos Colombia Mayor 2021 and Asignación Presupuestal Total columns.

Strengths

• Data is structured at the municipal level, providing granular geographic detail.
• Includes official administrative codes (Código DANE) for linking with other Colombian datasets.
• Last update timestamp (2026-05-18) is provided.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian government open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from government administrative records for the Colombia Mayor program.

Time Range

Data appears to be for the year 2021, based on the column 'Cupos Colombia Mayor 2021'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:49:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities and departments of Colombia.