Alcaldia de Guacari

What Alcaldia de Guacari does

Alcaldía Municipal de Guacarí is a public municipal government entity (entidad territorial) operating under Colombian Law 136 of 1994 in the department of Valle del Cauca. As the constitutionally designated local authority, it administers public services across the municipality including healthcare (via Hospital San Roque E.S.E.), transit and mobility (Secretaría de Tránsito), education, social welfare, environmental management, housing, and economic development. The entity serves all residents of Guacari — general citizens, local businesses, students, and vulnerable populations — through a network of physical offices (main headquarters, transit authority, personería, hospital) and a digital portal built on the Mi Colombia Digital platform provided by the national Ministerio TIC.

The Alcaldía's technology footprint centers on the government's online portal (guacari-valle.gov.co), which delivers transparency information, PQRDS (petitions, complaints, claims, suggestions, denunciations) processing, citizen satisfaction surveys, accessibility tools, and administrative procedure information. It maintains active social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. The portal is credited with achieving first place among 42 municipalities in Valle del Cauca for digital government services.

The entity is funded through three primary revenue streams: local tax collection (impuesto predial, ICA, and other levies), national transfers via the Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP) for education, health, and public utilities, and fees for administrative services such as permits and licenses. The current administration is led by Alcaldesa Leonor Abadía Benítez under the Plan de Desarrollo 2024-2027. The entity is not a commercial enterprise and does not operate on commercial pricing; it is wholly owned by the Colombian state and structured as a decentralized administrative unit with no applicable private equity or venture capital ownership.

Name

Alcaldia de Guacari

Legal name

Alcaldía Municipal de Guacarí - Valle del Cauca

Website

https://guacari-valle.gov.co

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Alcaldía Municipal de Guacarí is a public municipal government entity in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, delivering public services (healthcare, transit, education, social welfare, taxation) to all Guacari residents and local businesses through physical offices and a digital portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Public Administration (92), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Housing Programs (92511)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Local government
• Citizen services
• Municipal tax administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Guacari

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tax Revenue: Municipal government funded primarily through local tax collection including property tax (impuesto predial), industry and commerce tax (ICA), and other local levies as governed by municipal statute and national law.
2. National Transfers: Resources received from the national government through the Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP) for education, health, and public utility services.
3. Public Service Fees: Fees collected for administrative services, permits, licenses, and municipal public services provided to citizens and businesses.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Alcaldía de Guacarí is the municipal government of the municipality of Guacarí in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It administers local public services including property and industry tax collection (predial and ICA), healthcare through Hospital San Roque, transit and mobility services, education administration, social welfare programs, environmental management, housing, infrastructure, and citizen participation mechanisms. It delivers these through a ventanilla única (single-window service center) at its headquarters, a digital government portal, and specialized departmental offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ventanilla Única (Single-Window Citizen Service) Physical single-window service center at the main municipal headquarters (Calle 4 No. 8-16 Barrio Central, Guacarí) providing streamlined attention for multiple administrative procedures. Open Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 AM and 2:00-4:30 PM.
• Municipal Tax Administration (Impuesto Predial and ICA) Collection of local taxes including property tax (impuesto predial) and industry and commerce tax (ICA) from citizens and businesses operating within the municipality, governed by the Calendario Tributario and municipal statute.
• Healthcare Services (Hospital San Roque E.S.E.) Public hospital operating as a decentralized entity under municipal administration, providing healthcare services to citizens of Guacarí.
• Transit and Mobility Services (Secretaría de Tránsito) Municipal transit authority office located at Kilometro 1 Vía Guacari-Buga, handling mobility and transportation matters. Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-12:30 PM and 2:00 PM.
• Citizen Petitions Portal (PQRDS System) Online system for citizens to submit petitions, complaints, claims, suggestions, and denunciations (Peticiones, Quejas, Reclamos, Denuncias y Sugerencias) to the municipal government.
• Education Services (Secretaría de Educación) Municipal administration of education services including school enrollment support and educational infrastructure under the Sistema General de Participaciones funding.
• Municipal Ombudsman (Personería Municipal) Municipal ombudsman office located at Carrera 11 No. 4-81 B/Santa Bárbara - CCPAL, providing legal protection and citizen rights oversight. Hours: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM and 2:30-5:00 PM.
• Citizen Satisfaction Survey Online survey mechanism (Google Forms) for citizens to provide feedback on municipal service quality.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Agencia de Empleo Comfenalco VallecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Comfenalco Valle employment agency for job placement services and employment opportunity events for municipal citizens, including job fair programs.
• Banco Agrario de ColombiaminorOthersFinancial services partner providing agricultural banking services to citizens. Listed as a partner bank for municipal tax payments and public service billing.
• BancolombiaminorOthersBanking partner for municipal tax collection including property tax (predial) and industry/commerce tax (ICA) payment processing.
• Ministerio TIC / Colombia DigitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partnership with Colombia Digital for government portal platform hosting, developed using the Mi Colombia Digital territorial portal solution.
• SISBEN (Sistema de Identificacion de Potenciales Beneficiarios de Programas Sociales)coreOthersNational social stratification system for identifying citizens eligible for social programs, integrated with municipal services for vulnerable population assistance.
• Hospital San Roque E.S.E.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal public hospital providing healthcare services to citizens, operating as a decentralized public entity under municipal administration.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Alcaldía de Cartago: Municipal government in northern Valle del Cauca with similar mid-sized service portfolio and SGP dependency. Comparable structure of decentralized entities (hospital, transit, personería) and citizen-attention channels.
• Alcaldía de Candelaria: Small Valle del Cauca municipality adjacent to Guacarí with comparable population size, tax base limitations, and dependence on national transfers. Closest scale peer for evaluating per-citizen service delivery and fiscal efficiency.
• Alcaldía de Jamundí: Valle del Cauca municipality of similar scale serving both urban center and rural corregimientos; comparable multi-channel citizen service delivery (ventanilla única + portal) and shared departmental regulatory environment.
• Alcaldía de Palmira: Municipal government of Palmira in Valle del Cauca, comparable mid-sized Colombian Alcaldía with similar SGP/funding structure, municipal secretariats, and digital-portal obligations under MinTIC. Direct functional peer for benchmarking citizen services and tax administration.
• Alcaldía de Guadalajara de Buga: Neighboring Valle del Cauca municipality with comparable population scale, structure of secretariats, and shared departmental oversight. Operates the same Mi Colombia Digital platform and competes in the same 42-municipality ranking for digital government services.
• Alcaldía de Tuluá: Mid-sized Valle del Cauca municipal government with similar budget tier and service portfolio (health, education, transit, treasury). Serves as a direct benchmarking peer on digital portal performance and citizen participation indicators.
• Alcaldía de Yumbo: Industrial Valle del Cauca municipality with a larger industrial tax (ICA) base than Guacarí. Useful peer for understanding how local economic structure affects municipal revenue mix and the same departmental digital-government evaluation framework.

Others

• Federación Colombiana de Municipios: National association representing Colombian municipalities; provides technical assistance, training, and advocacy that influence how small Alcaldías like Guacarí structure services, compliance, and digital transformation programs.
• Ministerio TIC (MinTIC): National ministry that operates the Mi Colombia Digital platform used by Guacarí's portal. Not a competitor but the ecosystem enabler whose policies, funding programs, and platform roadmap shape the digital capabilities available to the municipality.

Broad incumbents

• Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali: Capital of Valle del Cauca and largest municipal government in the department. Operates the same MinTIC digital-portal framework but at significantly greater scale and budget, providing a regional anchor and benchmark for service standards.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alcaldiaguacari
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCK059f6jv6SpRC8cSmabUxw
• Facebookfacebook.com/AlcaldiadeGuacari
• Instagraminstagram.com/alcaldiaguacari
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alcaldia-de-guacari

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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