CHIP: Colombian Public Entity Registry with Quarterly Updates Since 2020

Quarterly records from 2020 of public entities registered in Colombia's Public Finance and Information Consolidator System (CHIP). The dataset includes contact details and location information for each entity, sourced from the Colombian open data portal datos.gov.co. The data was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Geospatial analysis of public entity distribution using Departamento, Ciudad, and Código postal columns.
• Time-series analysis of entity registrations or changes using Periodo and Año columns.
• Building a contact directory for public outreach using Razon_social, Teléfono, E-mail, and Dirección columns.
• Entity matching and record linkage across government datasets using Nit and id_entidad columns.

Strengths

• Provides a multi-year time series with quarterly granularity from 2020 onward.
• Includes 13 distinct columns covering identification, location, and contact details.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative registry from the Consolidador de Hacienda e Información Financiera Pública (CHIP) system.

Time Range

From 2020 onward, with quarterly (trimestre) periods.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:03:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with columns for Departamento and Ciudad.