Heroin Seizures in Colombia by Municipality and Department

INCAUTACIÓN DE HEROÍNA is a dataset from www.datos.gov.co detailing heroin confiscations in Colombia. The data includes columns for municipality (MUNICIPIO), department (DEPARTAMENTO), date of incident (FECHA HECHO), and quantity seized (CANTIDAD). The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in heroin seizures using the FECHA HECHO column.
• Map seizure hotspots by aggregating CANTIDAD by MUNICIPIO and DEPARTAMENTO.
• Compare seizure volumes across different administrative regions using COD_DEPTO and COD_MUNI as join keys.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial identifiers (COD_MUNI, COD_DEPTO) for regional analysis.
• Provides a specific date field (FECHA HECHO) for temporal analysis.
• Data is hosted on a government open data platform (www.datos.gov.co).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 14:26:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by MUNICIPIO and DEPARTAMENTO columns.