SIEVCAC: Colombian Armed Conflict Victims of Civil Property Damage

Sistema de Información de Eventos de Violencia del Conflicto Armado SIEVCAC records victims of civil property damage in the Colombian armed conflict, with a data cut-off of September 30, 2024. The dataset is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on May 18, 2026. It contains columns for victim demographics, event details, and geographic location.

Use Cases

• Geospatial analysis of conflict events using latitud-longitud, Departamento, and Municipio columns.
• Demographic profiling of victims using Edad, Sexo, Etnia, and Ocupación columns.
• Temporal trend analysis of property damage events using Año, Mes, and Día columns.
• Analysis of armed group involvement using Fuerza o Grupo Armado Organizado al que Pertenece el Combatiente and its Descripción column.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates via a latitud-longitud column.
• Contains detailed victim attributes such as Edad, Sexo, Etnia, and Ocupación.
• Provides identifiers (ID Persona, ID Caso) that may support record linkage.

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 (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official reports and registries of conflict events.

Time Range

Data includes records up to September 30, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:24:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, specified by Departamento and Municipio columns.