Community suitability of Santander, Colombia
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 65
85
best land · p90
52%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 55
Governance, safety & tenure 47
Economy & cost 77
Society, freedom & health 86
Land & water 59
Climate, growing & hazards 83
Autonomy & access 55
Where it pushes back
Water availability & qualityGovernance & corruptionLand tenure security
Within Santander — 87 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Curiti
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 74
Jordan
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 74
Los Santos
strongest Autonomy & access (97) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 74
Albania
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (93) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Aratoca
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (89) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 73
Barichara
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 73
Tona
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 73
Villanueva
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 73
Capitanejo
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Cepita
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Charta
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Enciso
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Guaca
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Jesus Maria
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 72
Macaravita
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Malaga
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Piedecuesta
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Puente Nacional
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
San Gil
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Santa Barbara
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 72
Cabrera
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 71
Palmar
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 71
Pinchote
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
San Jose Miranda
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 71
Socorro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Chipata
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Gambita
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Matanza
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
San Andres
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
San Miguel
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
Zapatoca
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 70
Cerrito
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Giron
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 69
Guavata
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Lebrija
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Molagavita
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Onzaga
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Valle De San Jose
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Vetas
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 69
Carcasi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Concepcion
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 68
Palmas Del Socorro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
San Joaquin
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 68
Barbosa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Encino
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Mogotes
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Paramo
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Rionegro
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Betulia
pushes back: Governance & corruption
Moderately suitable 66
Ocamonte
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
San Vicente De Chucuri
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Charala
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 65
Confines
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
El Playon
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Guapota
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Suaita
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 64
Florian
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 63
Coromoro
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 61
Contratacion
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
El Carmen
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Puerto Wilches
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Sabana De Torres
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
Velez
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 60
California
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Galan
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Simacota
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 59
Cimitarra
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 58
Hato
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Floridablanca
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Surata
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Bolivar
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 55
Chima
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
La Belleza
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 54
Santa Helena De Opon
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Marginally suitable 53
Bucaramanga
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 51
Sucre
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 50
El Pe¥on
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
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Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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