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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Nariño departmentPopulation about 1,627,589 (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 14.

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Nariño department, Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 8P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 14 eventsP in Nariño department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 39P. UCDP counts 7P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Nariño department has the 13th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Nariño department holds 1 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 12 events in Nariño department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 14P, which is up 17 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Colombia as a whole went from 626 to 1,260P, which is up 101 percent.

Table 1. Nariño department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2114
Estimated deaths, best estimate8139
Low estimate of deaths8139
High estimate of deaths8139
Deaths of civilians117

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

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Nariño 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 Nariño department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 14 events with 39 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. Nariño 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 UCDP5P7P
Autodefensas Campesinas de Nariño1P3P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia2P4P
FARC-EMC7P28P
Government of Colombia4P21P
Guerrilla Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano1P3P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Nariño department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Cumbal municipality1P3P
El Peñol municipality1P7P
Ipiales municipality1P3P
Leiva municipality1P3P
Los Andes municipality1P8P
Mallama municipality1P3P
Policarpa municipality2P4P
Ricaurte municipality1P1P
Samaniego municipality3P5P
Tumaco municipality1P1P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Nariño department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict5P36%
Non-state conflict3P21%
One-sided violence against civilians6P43%

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 Nariño department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P8PCandidate Events
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20262P6PCandidate Events
June 20263P10PCandidate Events
April 20261P3PCandidate Events
March 20263P5PCandidate Events
February 20261P3PCandidate Events
January 20261P3PCandidate Events
August 202524GED
June 202525GED
May 202512GED
April 202511GED
March 202512GED
February 202511GED
January 202511GED
December 202411GED
November 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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ConflictStats. Nariño department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/narino-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 Nariño department, Colombia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Nariño department, Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

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 Nariño department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 39P. The low estimate is 39 and the high estimate is 39P.

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.