National Administrative Department of Statistics

National Administrative Department of Statistics
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
	File:DANE logo.png Logo of the DANE
Agency overview
Formed	October 14, 1953
Preceding agencies	Oficina Nacional de Estadística (1951); Dirección Nacional de Estadística (1951-1953);
Jurisdiction	Government of Colombia
Headquarters	Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Agency executives	Héctor Maldonado Gómez, Director; Carlos Eduardo Sepúlveda Rico, Deputy Director;
Child agencies	Fondo Rotatorio del Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (FONDANE); Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC);
Website	http://www.dane.gov.co

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Template:Lang-es), commonly referred to as DANE, is the Colombian 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.

See also