{{Short description|Department of Colombia responsible for the census and related statistics}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = National Administrative Department of Statistics |nativename = <small>{{lang|es|Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística}}</small> |logo = Colombia Dane logo (2).svg |logo_width = 140px |logo_caption = Logo of DANE |formed = {{Start date|1953|10|14|df=yes}} |preceding1 = ''Dirección Nacional de Estadística'' |headquarters = Carrera 59 № 26-70<br>Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |coordinates = {{coord|04|38|49.28|N|74|05|44.03|W|type:landmark_region:CO-DC_scale:5000}} |budget = COP$371,929,146,839 <small>(2014)</small><ref>{{cite journal|title=Ley 1687 de 2014|journal=Diario Oficial|date=11 December 2013|issue=49,001|url=http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2013/49001.pdf|access-date=8 January 2014|author=Colombia, Congress of|author-link=Congress of Colombia|page=5|location=Bogotá|language=es|issn=0122-2112|oclc=500057889|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013400/http://190.147.213.68:8080/HOMEPAGE/DIARIO_OFICIAL/2013/49001.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2014}}</ref> |chief1_name = Beatriz Piedad Urdinola Contreras |chief1_position= Director |child1_agency = FONDANE |child2_agency = IGAC |website = {{URL|www.dane.gov.co}} |keydocument1 = [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/acerca/Normatividad/Decreto2666_1953.pdf Decreto 2666 de 1953] |footnotes = }}
The '''National Administrative Department of Statistics''' ({{langx|es|Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística}}), commonly referred to as '''DANE''', is the Colombian Administrative Department responsible for the planning, compilation, analysis and dissemination of the official statistics of Colombia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Urdinola |first1=Piedad |title=Capacidades estadísticas territoriales para una Colombia mejor |url=https://www.lapatria.com/opinion/columnistas/piedad-urdinola/capacidades-estadisticas-territoriales-para-una-colombia-mejor |website=La Patria |access-date=7 October 2023 |language=es |date=6 October 2023}}</ref> DANE is responsible for conducting the National Population and Housing census every ten years, among several other studies.
DANE offers more than 100 statistical operations on industrial, economic, agricultural, population and quality of life aspects aimed at supporting decision-making in the country.
Since 2022, the director is Beatriz Piedad Urdinola Contreras.
==Previous censuses== * 2018 Colombian census
==See also== {{Commons-cat|Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística}} * Administrative Department of Security * National Planning Department * Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi
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==External links== * {{official|https://www.dane.gov.co}}
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