MinSalud Divipola: Colombian Department Codes with Geographic Coordinates

MinSalud Divipola - Departamentos provides a list of Colombian administrative departments. The dataset includes unique identifiers, department names, and geographic coordinates for each entry. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map department locations using deptolatitud and deptolongitud columns for geospatial visualization.
• Join other Colombian datasets using the iddepto column as a standardized key for department-level analysis.
• Create a lookup table for department names and codes using nomdepto and iddepto for data validation and cleaning tasks.

Strengths

• Includes geographic coordinates (deptolatitud, deptolongitud) for spatial analysis.
• Provides a standardized identifier (iddepto) for reliable data joins.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale projects.
• License and author information are not provided, which may affect usage rights clarity.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative registry from the Colombian Ministry of Health (MinSalud).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:31:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, at the department (departamento) administrative level.