National Administrative Department of Statistics
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The National Administrative Department of Statistics , commonly referred to as DANE, is the Colombia
n Administrative Department responsible for the planning, implementation, analysis and diffusion of the official statistics
of Colombia. DANE is also in charge of carrying out the National census
every five years.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n Administrative Department responsible for the planning, implementation, analysis and diffusion of the official statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
of Colombia. DANE is also in charge of carrying out the National census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
every five years.