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Arauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Arauca departmentPopulation about 294,206 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 21.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Arauca department, Colombia in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 21 eventsP in Arauca department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 35P. The low estimate is 34 and the high estimate is 35P. UCDP counts 9P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Arauca department has the 12th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Arauca department holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 52 events in Arauca department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 21P, which is down 60 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Colombia as a whole went from 626 to 1,260P, which is up 101 percent. Events of non-state conflict are 5 percentP of the events in Arauca department in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Colombia, the share is 70 percentP.

Table 1. Arauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0021
Estimated deaths, best estimate0035
Low estimate of deaths0034
High estimate of deaths0035
Deaths of civilians009

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Arauca department, Colombia on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

01020Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Arauca department by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Arauca department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 21 events with 35 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Arauca department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
ELN20P26P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia1P1P
FARC-EMC19
Government of Colombia15P28P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Arauca department that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Arauca department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Arauca municipality2P2P
Arauquita municipality2P3P
Cravo Norte municipality1P1P
Fortul municipality3P5P
Puerto Rondón municipality1P1P
Saravena municipality4P5P
Tame municipality5P15P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Arauca department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict15P71%
Non-state conflict1P5%
One-sided violence against civilians5P24%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Arauca department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
July 20264P6PCandidate Events
June 20261P2PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20266P8PCandidate Events
February 20263P4PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events
November 202519GED
October 202522GED
September 20251216GED
August 202553GED
July 202521GED
June 202544GED
May 202522GED
April 202555GED
March 202555GED
February 202549GED
January 202528GED
December 202428GED
November 2024613GED
October 202435GED
September 202459GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Arauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/arauca-department/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Arauca department, Colombia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Arauca department, Colombia in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Arauca department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 35P. The low estimate is 34 and the high estimate is 35P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.