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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Bolívar departmentPopulation about 2,180,976 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 15 eventsP of organized violence in Bolívar department, Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 16P. The count for August 2026 was 6 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 40 eventsP in Bolívar department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 47P. The low estimate is 42 and the high estimate is 84P. UCDP counts 9P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Bolívar department has the 10th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Bolívar department holds 3 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 24 events in Bolívar department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 40P, which is up 67 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Colombia as a whole went from 626 to 1,260P, which is up 101 percent. For the events in Bolívar department, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Colombia.

Table 1. Bolívar department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events15640
Estimated deaths, best estimate16747
Low estimate of deaths16742
High estimate of deaths16784
Deaths of civilians109

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.

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  • UCDP recorded 15 events in Bolívar department, Colombia, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 6 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Bolívar 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 Bolívar department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 40 events with 47 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. Bolívar 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
Actor not identified by UCDP23P25P
EGC9P12P
ELN11P16P
EMBF1P1P
FARC-EMC2P2P
Government of Colombia4P4P
Los Costenos1P1P
Los Pepes1P1P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Second-level areas

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Bolívar department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Barranco de Loba municipality2P2P
Cartagena municipality14P16P
Magangué municipality2P2P
Morales municipality2P2P
Norosi municipality2P2P
San Pablo municipality4P6P
Santa Rosa del Sur municipality7P11P
Santa Rosa municipality1P1P
Simití municipality2P1P
Turbaco municipality2P2P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Bolívar department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5P13%
Non-state conflict29P73%
One-sided violence against civilians6P15%

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 Bolívar department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202615P16PCandidate Events
August 20266P7PCandidate Events
June 20262P2PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20265P7PCandidate Events
January 20264P4PCandidate Events
December 202544GED
November 202523GED
October 202513GED
September 202536GED
August 202523GED
July 202543GED
June 202523GED
May 202510GED
March 202522GED
January 2025316GED
December 202411GED
November 2024210GED
October 2024414GED
August 202422GED

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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Questions

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

UCDP recorded 15 eventsP of organized violence in Bolívar department, Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 6 eventsP.

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 Bolívar department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 47P. The low estimate is 42 and the high estimate is 84P.

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.