Land Suitability for Dominico-Hartón Banana Cultivation in Huila, Colombia

Land suitability maps for commercial banana cultivation in Colombia's Huila department, created under Agreement 283 of 2017 by UPRA. The dataset categorizes land into high, medium, low, technically unsuitable, and legally unsuitable zones based on physical, socio-ecosystem, and socio-economic criteria at a 1:100,000 scale. Each of the seven TUT maps includes statistics by suitability category for the entire department and by municipality.

Use Cases

• Classify land suitability for banana cultivation using the 'Aptitud' column across municipalities.
• Calculate total suitable area per municipality by aggregating 'Área (ha)' filtered by 'Aptitud' category.
• Join with other Colombian agricultural datasets using 'Código municipio' and 'Código departamento' for regional analysis.
• Create choropleth maps visualizing suitability categories using 'Municipio' and 'Gridcode' or 'OBJECTID' for geospatial representation.

Strengths

• Suitability is defined by a formal legal and technical framework (Convenio No. 283 de 2017).
• Data integrates multiple official sources including soil studies, land cover maps, and climate information from IDEAM.
• Includes clear, legally-defined exclusion zones ('No apto legal') for responsible planning.
• Geographic granularity is provided at both the department and municipality levels.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale ML.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-05-18 18:44:28.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (likely originating from UPRA - Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria).

Collection Method

Land evaluation methodology applied to agricultural purposes, synthesizing soil studies, land cover maps, legal exclusions, and climate data.

Time Range

Land cover data referenced is from 2019 for Huila.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:44:28.

Geography

Huila department, Colombia, with municipality-level breakdown.