Colombian Land Restitution Applications by Department, Municipality, and Claim Type

The dataset shows the number of applications for registration in the Registry of Forcibly Dispossessed and Abandoned Lands, as stipulated in Article 76 of Law 1448 of 2011. It is disaggregated by the department and municipality of the property location, as well as the type of right claimed by the applicant. The data is provided by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of land claims using DepartamentoDelPredio and MunicipioDelPredio.
• Classifying the nature of property rights disputes using the TipoDeDerecho column.
• Aggregating claim volumes by administrative region using CodigoDANE and Numero columns.

Strengths

• Data is structured with explicit columns for geographic codes (CodigoDANE), claim type, and count (Numero).
• The dataset's purpose is clearly defined by its link to a specific legal article (Article 76 of Law 1448 of 2011).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are 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 administrative applications to the Registry of Forcibly Dispossessed and Abandoned Lands.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:07:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with detail down to the department and municipality level.