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

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Tolima departmentPopulation about 1,339,998 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Tolima department, Colombia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 3P. UCDP recorded no eventsP in July 2026.

In the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, UCDP recorded 5 eventsP in Tolima department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 6P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 7P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Table 1. Tolima department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureAugust 2026PJuly 2026P12 months to 31 Aug 2026P
Events205
Estimated deaths, best estimate306
Low estimate of deaths306
High estimate of deaths307
Deaths of civilians002

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

24 months

012Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Tolima 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 Tolima department, 1 Sep 2025 to 31 Aug 2026. The map shows 5 events with 6 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. Tolima department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P3P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia1P1P
FARC-EMC3P3P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of Tolima department in the events of the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Ataco municipality2P3P
Chaparral municipality10
Coyaima municipality1P2P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Tolima department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict2P40%
Non-state conflict1P20%
One-sided violence against civilians2P40%

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.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Tolima department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20262P3PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P2PCandidate Events
November 202510GED
May 202512GED
February 202512GED
December 202411GED
November 202411GED
October 202411GED
August 202411GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

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ConflictStats. Tolima department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/tolima-department/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

The address of this page does not change. UCDP asks for a citation of its publications: Data sources and licences has it.

Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Tolima department, Colombia in August 2026?

UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Tolima department, Colombia in August 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in July 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 Tolima department, Colombia in the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, the best estimate is 6P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 7P.

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.