Intervened Mining Units in Colombia by Public Forces

Records of public force interventions against illicit mining production units in Colombia. The dataset includes columns for quantity, department, municipality, asset class, and date of the event. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in enforcement actions using FECHA HECHO and CANTIDAD.
• Mapping the geographic distribution of interventions using DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO, COD_DEPTO, and COD_MUNI.
• Classifying the types of assets seized or targeted by CLASE DE BIEN.
• Aggregating intervention volumes by region and time period using CANTIDAD, UNIDAD DE MEDIDA, and FECHA HECHO.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial identifiers (COD_DEPTO, COD_MUNI) for mapping and regional analysis.
• Provides a temporal dimension with the FECHA HECHO column.
• Covers multiple administrative levels with DEPARTAMENTO and MUNICIPIO columns.

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official public force intervention reports.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 15:27:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by department and municipality columns.