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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Cauca departmentPopulation about 1,491,937 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 5P. The count for August 2026 was 4 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 43 eventsP in Cauca department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 103P. The low estimate is 94 and the high estimate is 103P. UCDP counts 49P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Cauca department has the 9th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Cauca 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 80 events in Cauca department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 43P, which is down 46 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 19 percentP of the events in Cauca department in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Colombia, the share is 70 percentP.

Table 1. Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events4443
Estimated deaths, best estimate59103
Low estimate of deaths5994
High estimate of deaths59103
Deaths of civilians4349

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 Cauca 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 Cauca 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 Cauca department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 43 events with 103 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. Cauca 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 UCDP13P25P
ELN3P7P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia13
FARC-EMC28P74P
Government of Colombia16P36P
Group named for a person (name not shown)1P1P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Cauca department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Almaguer municipality2P3P
Argelia municipality5P8P
Belalcázar municipality1P6P
Buenos Aires municipality3P4P
Cajibío municipality5P27P
El Tambo municipality2P7P
Popayán municipality3P8P
Santander de Quilichao municipality5P13P
Suárez municipality4P5P
Toribío municipality1P4P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Cauca department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict18P42%
Non-state conflict8P19%
One-sided violence against civilians17P40%

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 Cauca department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P5PCandidate Events
August 20264P9PCandidate Events
July 20266P12PCandidate Events
June 20265P18PCandidate Events
May 20263P10PCandidate Events
April 20262P26PCandidate Events
March 20262P2PCandidate Events
February 20265P5PCandidate Events
January 20263P3PCandidate Events
December 202547GED
November 202523GED
October 202533GED
September 202534GED
August 202569GED
July 2025910GED
June 202555GED
May 202537GED
April 202544GED
March 2025914GED
February 202522GED
January 20251317GED
December 2024920GED
November 20241015GED
October 2024712GED
September 2024419GED
August 20241012GED

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. Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/cauca-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 Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 4 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 Cauca department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 103P. The low estimate is 94 and the high estimate is 103P.

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.