National Administrative Department of Statistics

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística ), commonly referred to as DANE, is the Colombian Administrative Department responsible for the planning, compilation, analysis and dissemination of the official statistics of Colombia.[2] DANE is responsible for conducting the National Population and Housing census every ten years, among several other studies.

National Administrative Department of Statistics
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
Logo of DANE
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Agency overview
Formed 14 October 1953 (1953-10-14)
Preceding agency
  • Dirección Nacional de Estadística
Headquarters
Annual budget COP$371,929,146,839 (2014)[1]
Agency executive
  • Beatriz Piedad Urdinola Contreras, Director
Child agencies
Key document
Website www.dane.gov.co

DANE offers more than 100 statistical operations on industrial, economic, agricultural, population and quality of life aspects aimed at supporting decision-making in the country.

Since 2022, the director is Beatriz Piedad Urdinola Contreras.

Previous censuses

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See also

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References

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  1. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (49, 001). Bogotá: 5. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. Urdinola, Piedad (6 October 2023). "Capacidades estadísticas territoriales para una Colombia mejor". La Patria (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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