National Administrative Department of Statistics explained

Agency Name:National Administrative Department of Statistics
Nativename:Spanish; Castilian: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
Preceding1:Dirección Nacional de Estadística
Headquarters:Carrera 59 № 26-70
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Coordinates:4.647°N -74.0956°W
Budget:COP$371,929,146,839 (2014)[1]
Chief1 Name:Beatriz Piedad Urdinola Contreras
Chief1 Position:Director
Child1 Agency:FONDANE
Child2 Agency:IGAC
Keydocument1:Decreto 2666 de 1953

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Spanish; Castilian: 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.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ley 1687 de 2014. Diario Oficial. 11 December 2013. 49,001. 8 January 2014. Colombia, Congress of. Congress of Colombia. 5. Bogotá. es. 0122-2112. 500057889. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013400/http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2013/49001.pdf. 9 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Urdinola . Piedad . Capacidades estadísticas territoriales para una Colombia mejor . La Patria . 7 October 2023 . es . 6 October 2023.