| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
COL
|
| Continent |
South America
|
| Country Name |
Colombia
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Departamento
|
Level2 Type
|
Municipio
|
| Number of Units |
1,059
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
34
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1993
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
31,771
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
34,041
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
36,512
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
34,970
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
38,542
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
42,105
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
1,141,569
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
33
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
783
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
6,230,938
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,010
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
38,179
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
353
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
2,865
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
3
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
102
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
36,028
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
7,338,309
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,001
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
85,489
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
30,177,517
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
3%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
83%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
76%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
299
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
54
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estad¡stica, DANE. "Rep£blica de Colombia: Panorama Colombiano," http://www.sin.com.co/clientes/DANE/censo93.html . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Instituto Geogr fico "Agust¡n Codazzi". 1995. Mapa digitalizado por el DANE. Plancha 1:500000 Prepared by the Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical (CIAT). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: CELADE, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; City Population, www.citypopulation.de;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Celade, Columbia Gazetteer, Getty, Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Population living in a nucleus of 1,500 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "Population of municipios without matching polygons (Guainia - C.D. Guaviare; Vaupes ? C.D. Villa Fatima and C.D. Acaricuara) are distributed evenly among all municipios within the appropriate province. Department level (administrative level 1) growth rates between 1985 and 1993 were applied to 1993 municipio (administrative level 2) population data to extrapolate to target years." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: "Because of boundary changes at the muncipio level, the following spatial edits were made: In the province of Bolivar:ú Altos de Rosario merged with Barranco de Loba ú Cantagallo merged with San Pablo ú Cicuco merged with Talaiga Nuevo ú Hatillo de Loba merged with San Martin de Loba ú Montecristo merged with Achi ú Tiquisio merged with Pinillos In Choco, Canton de San Pablo merged with Istmina.In Norte Santander, La Esperanza merged with Abrego y Cachica; and Puerto Santander merged with Cucuta .In Putumayo, San Miguel merged with valle de Guamez." |
