How to use the map of Bucaramanga
Explore Bucaramanga, Santander, with urban planning treatments from the municipal POT portal, IGAC boundaries, the agricultural frontier, the historical SGC inventory and municipal statistics. The sample supports point queries of FID and literal Layer categories, without parcel search or regulatory certification. The IGAC register retrieved on 6 October 2026 contains seven entries: five for the 2000 POT reported repealed, Agreement 11 of 21 May 2014 reported current and Decree 77 of 2 June 2015 with no reported status. All seven list an update on 15 December 2025; the POT Online 2014–2027 link does not establish each polygon’s current validity.
Planning instrument records · IGAC ↗GeoSAT · Page updated:
Locate an area and understand its identifiers
Open the prepared treatment query, select a polygon or query a point and read Layer without inferring authorized uses. Filter by a literal Layer value. Use MpCodigo 68001 in Territorial divisions and cod_dane_mpio 68001 in Agricultural frontier; those sources may show neighboring municipalities. Review the seven IGAC entries and confirm the applicable act on the municipal portal. Parcel search is not integrated.
DANE 68001 identifies Bucaramanga, not the entire metropolitan area. Floridablanca, Girón and Piedecuesta have their own codes. FID identifies a treatment-layer record, not a cadastral reference; only FID and Layer are exposed.
Use Explore to search and choose queries, Layers to enable and inspect sources, and Thematic maps to compare categories. Under Layers, “Tools and planning register” opens Tools; “Inspect and export results” opens received attributes and results.
In Tools, “Reported planning instruments” lets you inspect municipal acts and their statuses in the national register. Select “Look up national register” to load this city’s records. Instrument status and long-term validity are separate fields; the register may be outdated and does not certify parcel rules. Links open the IGAC source, ColombiaOT and the source linked for this municipality; they do not open an act PDF directly.
Your first query
Urban planning treatments · FID 1 · T M Integral 2 · latitude, longitude: 7.07312, -73.12343
- Open “Urban planning treatments · Bucaramanga POT” and select FID 1 in Results, near longitude -73.12343, latitude 7.07312. Read Layer “T M Integral 2” and open the municipal source. Query planning by point and compare literal categories in the legend; this sample does not identify a parcel or authorize activities.
- Inspect the layer categories and select a feature to read its attributes. Zoom in if the layer indicates a minimum query scale.
- Enable another layer in the theme to compare boundaries. Map overlap does not constitute an official planning opinion for a parcel.
Bucaramanga · Public query
Urban planning treatments · Bucaramanga POT
Open the prepared query, mark a point and compare results by layer.
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Locate an area and read matching polygons from the integrated layers together. The record retains their codes, attributes, sources and dates; unknown values remain unreported.
- Open the viewer and choose the planning query.
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- Compare findings by layer and open their sources. A layer with no matches, awaiting integration or unavailable does not establish an absence of rules.
This is a mapping query by location, not an address search or a legal report. It confirms neither legal validity, permits nor authorized activities; cross-check applicable documents and administrative acts.
Query Bucaramanga planning →Choose an available query
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Urban planning treatments · Bucaramanga POT
Explore urban planning treatment polygons linked by Bucaramanga’s POT portal. Read FID and literal Layer categories; the prepared sample includes “T M Integral 2”.
Open on the map ↗Movements recorded by SGC
Historical inventory by area · type and subtype
Open on the map ↗IGAC territorial divisions
Territories around Bucaramanga · name, code and legal reference
Open on the map ↗RUNAP protected areas
Bucaramanga and surroundings · category, authority and dates
Open on the map ↗UPRA agricultural frontier
Rural context around Bucaramanga · 1:100,000 scale, municipalities and codes
Open on the map ↗Reported accesses by segment · CRC 2026-Q1
170,013 reported accesses for Bucaramanga · preliminary sum of reported segments; includes 117 when reported; no address-level availability
Open on the map ↗Fixed internet accesses by segment · 2023-Q3
166,745 reported accesses for Bucaramanga · historical MinTIC reference, without address-level coverage
Open on the map ↗Poverty incidence · 2018 Census
14.2% IPM incidence published by DANE for Bucaramanga · 2018 Census, whole municipality; not current poverty
Open on the map ↗Dwellings with and without water supply · 2018 Census
150,386 dwellings with water supply in Bucaramanga · available DANE 2018 census counts; not current availability
Open on the map ↗Electricity, sewerage, gas and internet · 2018 Census
158,621 dwellings with electricity in Bucaramanga · four DANE 2018 census services with separate counts and bases; not current availability
Open on the map ↗INVÍAS road alignments and attributes
Routes around Bucaramanga · section, administrator, carriageway and surface codes; generalized mapping
Open on the map ↗Population aged 5–16 by year
MEN / DANE 2011–2024 series for Bucaramanga · estimated people across the municipality; not enrollment or school places
Open on the map ↗Net and gross enrollment rates by year
MEN rates for Bucaramanga, 2011–2024 · ten indicators by education level and year; municipal percentages, not available school places
Open on the map ↗Public, private and mixed IPS sites
Municipal REPS counts for Bucaramanga at 12 March 2026 · registered sites by legal nature
Open on the map ↗File codes and minerals published in RUCOM
Count of 9 distinct file codes associated with Bucaramanga in the ANM copy · does not locate mines or certify current operation
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Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each page contains up to 500 features: up to 2 MiB for external services and 4 MiB for local publications. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MiB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
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| Urban planning treatments · Bucaramanga POTAlcaldía de Bucaramanga · POT Online · Tratamientos Urbanisticos Source linked from the municipal POT Online 2014–2027 portal through its application and web map. That reference does not establish the cartographic date, the act adopting each polygon, current legal validity, scale or specific license: these have not been established for this layer. The verified spatial query returned eight polygons in the example window, not a complete municipal inventory. Received WGS84 XY geometry is retained without additional simplification, clipping or repair; Z/M are not integrated and parcel accuracy is not certified. The example point was compared with a generalized IGAC municipal reference; containment of entire polygons is not established. The legend distinguishes literal Layer categories without expanding abbreviations or inferring permitted uses, development rights or entitlements. FID identifies the layer record, not a parcel. Associated parcel identifiers are not exposed and parcel search is not enabled. Up to 500 features and 2 MiB per query: other views may be partial or fail. An empty result or failure does not establish absence of treatments or rules. Confirm the applicable instrument and act with municipal Planning. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | Specific license not declared in the consulted metadata |
| Recorded mass movements · SGCServicio Geológico Colombiano · Grupo de Movimientos en Masa National historical inventory, not an alert or a current hazard map. The service publishes no occurrence or update date per record. Queries show points intersecting the visible area, which may include neighboring municipalities; this is not an exhaustive municipal count. Empty results do not establish absence of movements or risk. Confirm current conditions with the local authority. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY 4.0 |
| Territorial divisions · IGACInstituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi · Administrative divisions Territorial reference for the visible area: includes departments and neighboring municipalities or districts, with overlapping polygons. Do not add their areas or interpret results as a municipal count. Published categories: 0 department, 1 municipality, 2 district, 3 uncategorized; other codes are retained without a verified definition. Territorial codes remain text; they are not parcel identifiers. Depto and the legal reference are source attributes, not certification of administrative hierarchy or legal validity. Update date not declared. Geometries are generalized by zoom level and coordinates rounded for display; unsuitable for exact positioning, measuring areas or distances, or resolving boundaries. Credit IGAC and identify these changes when reusing. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY 4.0 |
| Registered protected areas · RUNAPParques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia · RUNAP; adapted by GeoSAT Copy of the official download retrieved on 5 October 2026 (Colombia), not a live query. Selected by bounding boxes within the query area: may include neighbors and polygons that do not intersect the selected point; not a municipal inventory. Enrollment and registration are RUNAP dates, not update, designation or public-opening dates. Overall data date not declared; missing-date markers NaT are omitted from the record. Components and rings are retained; geographic MAGNA coordinates rounded to five decimals for display (small rings retain original precision if rounding would collapse or reverse them), without geodetic adjustment or a guarantee of topological precision. Unsuitable for boundary surveys or precision measurement. Areas may overlap: do not add them or interpret an empty query as absence of protection. Confirm current acts, boundaries and conditions with the environmental authority. GeoSAT adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0: credit Parques Nacionales, identify changes and retain the same license when redistributing adaptations. Descarga oficial / Official download ↗ | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Agricultural frontier · UPRAUnidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria · UPRA Indicative reference at 1:100,000 scale, version 4.1 according to the service; not crop suitability, land-use permission or a parcel assessment. SIPRA warns against use for financial, credit or parcel-planning decisions. The metadata linked by SIPRA is titled June 2025 but lists creation on 2026-03-22 and publication/revision on 2025-05-29: no dataset-wide date is assigned. The methodology aggregates patches larger than 25 ha within 100 m and fills holes smaller than 25 ha. The viewer also generalizes geometry by zoom and rounds coordinates; do not measure areas or settle boundaries with it. Queried polygons may include neighboring municipalities and are not a complete municipal inventory. Empty results do not establish absence of restrictions. Department names and codes remain as published, without validating administrative hierarchy; municipal codes do not identify parcels. This layer does not distinguish conditioned and unconditioned agricultural frontier. Public use with UPRA attribution under its metadata terms; identify the display adaptation and consult the source and authorities for specific decisions. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | Public use with attribution · UPRA |
| Sum of reported accesses · CRC 2026-Q1Postdata, Communications Regulation Commission (CRC); IGAC geometry; reported sum adapted by GeoSAT Fixed internet accesses reported for the first quarter of 2026, as of 31 March. The series is preliminary and subject to revision. The sum covers reported segments; operator internal use and additional corporate accesses (117) are included when reported and shown separately. Accesses do not equal people, homes or unique subscribers. The municipal boundary locates the statistic; it does not describe the network or guarantee service at an address. A segment without a reported record is not treated as zero. Data retrieved from Postdata, Communications Regulation Commission; source extraction 30 June 2026, retrieved 9 October 2026. | 2026-03-31Source checked: | Reuse with attribution · Postdata terms; IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| Fixed internet accesses · 2023-Q3Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies · MinTIC; IGAC geometry; summed and adapted by GeoSAT Historical MinTIC reference for 2023-Q3, the latest quarter present in dataset n48w-gutb retrieved on 6 October 2026. Data load: 23 February 2024; not current connectivity. GeoSAT sums reported accesses by municipality and segment, without counting rows as subscribers. The total includes corporate, residential strata 1–6, unclassified and operator internal-use segments. A category with no rows contributes zero only to this published aggregate: it does not establish absence of service. These are accesses, not people, unique households, speed, quality or availability at an address. No penetration rate or population denominator is calculated. The outdated catalog description mentions 2015–2019; this query’s quarter comes from verified rows. The IGAC polygon represents the whole municipality, not the network or its coverage: moving the map does not allocate accesses to neighborhoods or parcels. Current reference geometry generalized to approximately 0.00017 degrees and six decimals, without reconstructing 2023 boundaries; unsuitable for areas or densities. MinTIC data and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0; IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0. Metadatos MinTIC / MinTIC metadata ↗ Estadísticas oficiales actuales / Current official statistics ↗ | 2023-09-30Source checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| Multidimensional poverty incidence · DANE 2018 CensusDepartamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - DANE: www.dane.gov.co · 2018 National Population and Housing Census; IGAC geometry; adapted by GeoSAT Municipal multidimensional poverty incidence published by DANE from the 2018 National Population and Housing Census. This is a census approximation: five dimensions and 15 deprivation indicators defined at household level, with a weighted threshold of 33.3%. The source refers to actually censused private households and recommends considering census omission. The published percentage is retained without inferring numbers of people or households or recalculating denominators. It is neither current poverty nor an annual series comparable with the Quality of Life Survey IPM or Medellín’s local series. Do not sum or average municipalities to obtain department or national incidence. The current municipal reference polygon neither reconstructs 2018 boundaries nor allocates the value to neighborhoods or parcels. The technical publication is dated 31 January 2020; the retrieval date does not update the census. DANE data and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY 4.0; IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0. The service does not publish the percentage denominator. It cannot determine parcel conditions, benefit eligibility or neighborhood poverty. Reference geometry query parameters are retained in download provenance. Publicación DANE / DANE publication ↗ Metodología censal / Census methodology ↗ | 2018Source checked: | CC BY 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| Dwellings and water supply · 2018 CensusDepartamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - DANE: www.dane.gov.co; IGAC geometry; adapted by GeoSAT Municipal counts from DANE’s 2018 National Population and Housing Census, for occupied dwellings with people present. The official layer’s categories with and without water supply service are preserved. Their sum is shown as dwellings classified in this publication; people, households, subscribers and all properties are not used as denominators. No rate is calculated and missing values are not replaced with zero. These are 2018 census responses, not current coverage, continuity, water quality or availability at an address. The IGAC polygon identifies the entire municipality: it does not map pipes or allocate dwellings to neighborhoods or parcels. Current reference geometry generalized to approximately 0.00017 degrees and six decimals, without reconstructing 2018 boundaries; unsuitable for area measurements or densities. Copy retrieved on 6 October 2026; the retrieval date does not update the census. DANE, IGAC geometry and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY 4.0. Método censal · p. 37 / Census method · p. 37 ↗ Licencia Geoportal DANE / DANE Geoportal license ↗ | 2018Source checked: | CC BY 4.0 |
| Housing services · 2018 CensusDepartamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - DANE: www.dane.gov.co; IGAC geometry; adapted by GeoSAT Municipal DANE 2018 Census counts for occupied dwellings with people present. Each service retains its with/without counts and its own sum: electricity, sewerage, natural gas connected to the public network, and fixed or mobile internet. Bases differ; no common base is used and services are not added as unique dwellings. The gas layer only provides with/without counts although its dictionary allows “Not reported”; that category is not reconstructed by subtraction. No rates are calculated and nulls are not replaced with zero. These are historical census responses, without current address-level availability, quality or continuity. Dwellings with internet are not the accesses reported by operators to MinTIC. The current IGAC reference polygon identifies the entire municipality, not networks or individual dwellings; it neither reconstructs 2018 boundaries nor allocates counts to neighborhoods or parcels. Geometry generalized to approximately 0.00017 degrees and six decimals, unsuitable for areas or densities. Copies retrieved on 6 October 2026; that date does not update the census. DANE data, IGAC geometry and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY 4.0. Gas natural por red pública / Natural gas through the public network ↗ Internet fijo o móvil / Fixed or mobile internet ↗ Definición / Definition · Energía eléctrica / Electricity ↗ Definición / Definition · Alcantarillado / Sewerage ↗ Definición / Definition · Gas natural por red pública / Natural gas through the public network ↗ Definición / Definition · Internet fijo o móvil / Fixed or mobile internet ↗ Método censal · p. 37 / Census method · p. 37 ↗ Licencia Geoportal DANE / DANE Geoportal license ↗ | 2018Source checked: | CC BY 4.0 |
| Road network alignments · INVÍASInstituto Nacional de Vías · INVÍAS; generalized by GeoSAT Reference alignments of the road network published by INVÍAS, queried by area and including neighboring areas; not the complete municipal street network or a land-use query. Lines are generalized for display: do not measure distances or use them for navigation or parcel boundaries. No traffic, closures or section inspection dates are provided. The catalog data load is dated 19 September 2026; it does not certify current conditions. Dictionary codes: administrator 1 INVÍAS, 2 ANI, 3 Departmental concession, 4 FINDETER, 5 Disused roads, 6 INVÍAS agreements; carriageway 1 single, 2 dual, 3 not defined; category 1 first order, 2 second order, 3 third order, 4 not defined; surface 1 paved, 2 unpaved, 3 not defined. These attributes do not establish operation, accessibility or completion of works. “Por Defnir” is retained as published by the source and means not defined. A section code can repeat: row identifiers distinguish records, not unique assets. An empty response only means that this query returned no records. INVÍAS and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0. | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Population aged 5–16 · MEN / DANEMinistry of National Education · DANE projections; IGAC geometry; adapted by GeoSAT DANE projected population aged 5–16, published by MEN for the whole municipality in 2011–2024. Estimated people, not enrollment, school places, measured school demand or internet availability. Copy retrieved on 6 October 2026 (Colombia); the catalog data load is dated 13 November 2025, not a single DANE release. The source does not document a uniform census basis across the series: differences between years may include methodological revisions and must not be attributed solely to demographic change. No rate or denominator is calculated. Codes are padded to five digits and unambiguous thousands separators in 2021 counts are normalized; original values remain in the reference publication. All 14 verified annual values for 2011–2024 are shown. Joined by code to the IGAC reference polygon: historical boundaries are not reconstructed and people are not allocated to neighborhoods or parcels. Geometry generalized by the service to approximately 0.000172 degrees and six decimal places; unsuitable for measurements or densities. MEN CC BY-SA 4.0; IGAC mapping CC BY 4.0; GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0. Diccionario MEN / MEN field definitions ↗ | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| Net and gross enrollment rates · MENMinistry of National Education; IGAC geometry; adapted by GeoSAT Historical municipal enrollment rates published by MEN for 2011–2024, retained as percentages without recalculating denominators or capping values at 100. They do not measure school places, available capacity or school operation. Missing data remain without a value and are not replaced with zero. The source does not document a uniform population-projection edition across the series: changes can include methodological revisions. Differences are expressed in percentage points. The retrieval date does not update the indicator year. The polygon represents the whole municipality, not its distribution by neighborhoods or parcels. Rates and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0; IGAC mapping CC BY 4.0. Reference geometry generalized by the service to approximately 0.000172 degrees and six decimal places. The reference boundary does not reconstruct each year’s boundaries and is unsuitable for measuring areas or densities. Diccionario MEN / MEN field definitions ↗ | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| IPS sites by legal nature · REPSMinistry of Health and Social Protection · REPS; IGAC geometry; counted and adapted by GeoSAT GeoSAT count of distinct site habilitation codes in REPS, restricted to the healthcare institutions (IPS) class and grouped by site municipality and legal nature. Published cutoff: 12 March 2026; catalog data load: 17 April 2026; copy retrieved: 6 October 2026. The table also includes independent practitioners and other classes, which are excluded. These are registered sites, not unique institutions, hospitals, beds, available capacity, appointments or certification of current operation. No rate or denominator is used. An absent category is counted as zero only within the complete queried aggregate. No site locations are provided: the IGAC polygon represents the whole municipality; moving the map does not change the count or allocate it to neighborhoods. Reference geometry generalized to approximately 0.000172 degrees and six decimals, mapping date undeclared; unsuitable for area measurements or densities. No personal names, IDs, addresses or contacts are published. MinSalud data and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0; IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0. Consult REPS to verify a specific provider. Consulta oficial REPS / Official REPS query ↗ Metadatos MinSalud / MinSalud metadata ↗ | 2026-03-12Source checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
| Published mining-title file codes · RUCOMNational Mining Agency · RUCOM; IGAC geometry; counted and adapted by GeoSAT GeoSAT count of distinct file codes associated with the municipality in ANM’s RUCOM mining-title publication. Copy retrieved on 6 October 2026; catalog data load: 18 March 2026, with no record cutoff date. Rows can repeat file codes by mineral or other attributes: each code is counted once per municipality. Do not sum municipalities to obtain a national total. This is not the complete mining-title cadastre, an inventory of operating mines or a production measurement. Inclusion in this copy does not certify current legal status, environmental authorizations or activity: verify the official file and RUCOM. Original mineral labels, including spelling variants, are retained; they are not a standardized classification. Holder names, personal IDs and contact details are excluded. No mining geometries are provided: the IGAC polygon identifies the whole municipality, not a title, plant or extraction area; moving the map does not allocate the count. Reference generalized to approximately 0.000172 degrees and six decimals, mapping date undeclared; unsuitable for area measurements or densities. ANM data and GeoSAT adaptation CC BY-SA 4.0; IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0. Diccionario ANM / ANM field definitions ↗ Preguntas oficiales RUCOM / Official RUCOM FAQ ↗ Consulta oficial RUCOM / Official RUCOM query ↗ | No dataset-wide date declared; check individual recordsSource checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 · IGAC geometry CC BY 4.0 |
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