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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Magdalena departmentPopulation about 1,427,026 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 25 eventsP of organized violence in Magdalena department, Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 25P. The count for August 2026 was 24 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 92 eventsP in Magdalena department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 106P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 106P. UCDP counts 30P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Magdalena department has the 5th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Magdalena department holds 7 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 19 events in Magdalena department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 92P, which is up 384 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 state-based armed conflict are 1 percentP of the events in Magdalena department in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Colombia, the share is 10 percentP.

Table 1. Magdalena department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events252492
Estimated deaths, best estimate2524106
Low estimate of deaths2524102
High estimate of deaths2524106
Deaths of civilians5330

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 Magdalena department, Colombia on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02550Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Magdalena 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 Magdalena department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 92 events with 106 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. Magdalena 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 UCDP77P78P
Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada10P21P
EGC11P17P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Magdalena department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Algarrobo municipality2P2P
Aracataca municipality3P5P
Ariguaní municipality8P8P
Ciénaga municipality11P14P
El Banco municipality4P4P
El Retén municipality2P2P
Fundación municipality8P8P
Pivijay municipality6P7P
Santa Marta municipality28P30P
Zona Bananera municipality8P10P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Magdalena department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict1P1%
Non-state conflict71P77%
One-sided violence against civilians20P22%

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 Magdalena department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202625P25PCandidate Events
August 202624P24PCandidate Events
June 202628P29PCandidate Events
May 20261P5PCandidate Events
April 20261P2PCandidate Events
March 20263P5PCandidate Events
February 20262P2PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202525GED
October 202536GED
August 202522GED
July 202511GED
June 202511GED
May 202535GED
March 202533GED
February 202511GED
January 202566GED
December 202422GED
September 202422GED
August 202446GED

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 Magdalena department, Colombia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 25 eventsP of organized violence in Magdalena department, Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 24 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 Magdalena department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 106P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 106P.

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.