Commercial Cacao Cultivation Suitability Zoning Map for Colombia

A geospatial dataset maps the commercial cultivation suitability for cacao across Colombian municipalities. It classifies land into five categories: High, Medium, Low, Unsuitable, and Legal Exclusion suitability. The map was produced by the Colombian government and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify municipalities with 'High' Aptitud for cacao to target agricultural development programs using the 'Aptitud' and 'Municipio' columns.
• Calculate total suitable area per department by aggregating the 'Área (ha)' field grouped by 'Departamento' and filtered by suitability class.
• Analyze the relationship between municipal administrative codes ('Código Dane Municipio') and land suitability for regional policy studies.
• Join this zoning data with other geospatial datasets using the 'The_geom' geometry column for multi-layer land analysis.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed five-class suitability classification ('Aptitud') for strategic crop planning.
• Includes municipal-level geometry ('The_geom') and area calculations ('Área (ha)') for spatial analysis.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset completeness.
• The underlying methodology and data sources for the zoning model are not detailed in the provided description.
• Key metadata such as license, author, and original publication date are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Result of applying a commercial crop suitability zoning methodology at a 1:100,000 scale.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Colombia, at the municipal level.