ALCALDIA SAN JUAN DEL CESAR - LA GUAJIRA

What ALCALDIA SAN JUAN DEL CESAR - LA GUAJIRA does

Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan del Cesar is a Colombian municipal government entity serving the residents of San Juan del Cesar in the La Guajira department, operating under the supervision of the Gobernación de La Guajira and the Gobierno Nacional de Colombia. The municipality is designated as a PDET (Programa de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial) zone under Colombia's Peace Agreement framework, which channels 10-year programmatic co-financing for post-conflict reconstruction and territorial development. The current mayor is Cubita Enrique Camilo Urbina Suárez, with María Paula López Mendoza serving as Secretary General and acting mayor on designated matters.

The entity delivers public services through a portfolio of seven digital products built on the national Mi Colombia Digital platform: a Trámites y Servicios catalog (online procedures including tax payments, labor certificates, SISBEN enrollment); a PQRDS citizen request and complaint system; the Participa platform covering six citizen participation mechanisms; a Contrataciones/SECOP module for public procurement transparency; the PBOT territorial planning tool; an external property tax consultation portal (ingenas.com); and a 12-section Portal de Transparencia for statutory disclosure. Native integrations include SECOP I/II (procurement), SISBEN (social classification), Datos Abiertos Colombia (open data publishing), and Google Forms (citizen consultation). Distribution combines the physical headquarters at Calle 7 No 9A-36 with digital channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, official website) and partner institutions (Prosperidad Social, FAO, Agencia Nacional de Tierras, Fuerza Pública).

Funding flows from four sources: (1) the Impuesto Predial Unificado (property tax) on real estate within municipal jurisdiction; (2) national transfers through the Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP); (3) Sistema General de Regalías royalties; and (4) co-financed programs from national agencies (e.g., 'Mi Negocio' via Prosperidad Social). Pricing is effectively free or nominal for most citizen services (labor certificates, library loans, cadaver transfer authorizations), with property tax varying by cadastral assessment. Strategic priorities combine regulatory enforcement (security decrees, dry law, public order), victim reparation and land restitution, environmental management, and participatory budgeting.

Name

ALCALDIA SAN JUAN DEL CESAR - LA GUAJIRA

Legal name

Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan del Cesar - La Guajira

Website

https://sanjuandelcesar-laguajira.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1810

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan del Cesar is a Colombian municipal government entity serving residents of San Juan del Cesar in La Guajira, designated as a PDET post-conflict development zone. It delivers digital public services through the Mi Colombia Digital platform, including tax payments, citizen participation, procurement transparency, and territorial planning, funded by national transfers, royalties, and local property tax.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Administration of General Economic Programs (92611), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Economic Programs (9261), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF), Planning, Zoning, Permitting & Code Enforcement (BPAIACAE), City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB), Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Citizen services portal
• Territorial planning
• Public procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

San Juan del Cesar

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Property Tax (Impuesto Predial Unificado): Annual property tax levied on real estate owners within the municipality jurisdiction
2. Municipal Government Budget (Presupuesto General): General municipal budget funded through national transfers (Sistema General de Participaciones), royalties (Sistema General de Regalías), and local revenues
3. Participatory Budget (Presupuesto Participativo): Citizen consultation process for public investment decisions

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan del Cesar is the local government entity of the San Juan del Cesar municipality in the La Guajira department of Colombia. It provides municipal administration and public services to residents, including civil documentation, property tax collection, public procurement, citizen participation mechanisms, territorial planning, social programs, and infrastructure maintenance. It also serves as the local authority issuing decrees and regulations for public order, security, and commercial activity within the municipality.

Product overview

Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan del Cesar operates a citizen services digital ecosystem comprising a unified web portal built on the Mi Colombia Digital platform, with seven core digital products/modules: (1) the Trámites y Servicios catalog for online administrative procedures including tax payments and SISBEN enrollment; (2) the PQRDS system for citizen requests, complaints, and reports; (3) the Participa platform enabling six citizen participation mechanisms (diagnosis, participatory budgeting, consultation, innovation, accountability, and control); (4) the Contrataciones/SECOP module for public procurement transparency; (5) the PBOT territorial planning tool; (6) the Consulta de Impuestos property tax portal (external integration); and (7) the Portal de Transparencia covering 12 statutory information disclosure categories. The portfolio operates as a modular government digital services platform rather than a single unified product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal de Trámites y Servicios Online catalog of municipal administrative procedures and services for citizens, including labor certificates, property tax payments, library loans, cadaver transport authorization, and SISBEN enrollment and withdrawal services.
• Sistema PQRDS Electronic system enabling citizens to submit and track peticiones, quejas, reclamos, denuncias, sugerencias y felicitaciones (PQRDS) through online forms.
• Consulta de Impuestos (Impuesto Predial Unificado) Online property tax (Impuesto Predial Unificado) consultation and payment service for real estate owners within the municipality jurisdiction, hosted on an external platform.
• Plataforma Participa Citizen participation platform covering six areas: diagnosis and problem identification, participatory planning and budgeting, citizen consultation, collaboration and innovation, accountability, and citizen control.
• Contrataciones y SECOP Public procurement management system publishing the annual acquisition plan, contract execution reports, and links to SECOP I and II national contracting platforms.
• PBOT - Plan Básico de Ordenamiento Territorial Basic Land Use Planning instrument that guides the occupation and utilization of municipal territory, including settlement patterns, physical infrastructure, and socioeconomic activities.
• Portal de Transparencia Transparency and public information access portal organized across 12 sections covering institutional structure, regulations, contracting, planning, procedures, citizen participation, and budget information.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24-hour, 7-day per week security restriction enforcement for public safety
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for land surveying (barrido predial) initiative in collaboration with FAO and the National Land Agency, hiring 44 professionals for cadastral work in the municipality.
• Agencia Nacional de Tierras (National Land Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on land restitution and formalization processes for victims of armed conflict, handling cases of forcibly abandoned or despoiled lands.
• Consorcio Estadio Municipal y Coliseo MunicipalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMunicipal consortiums contracted for stadium and coliseum operations, collaborating on environmental cleanup and infrastructure maintenance.
• Prosperidad SocialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational social prosperity agency implementing the 'Mi Negocio' entrepreneurship program in the municipality, targeting small business development.
• Ministerio TIC - Gobierno DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationNational Ministry of ICT providing the Mi Colombia Digital platform infrastructure for territorial government portals and digital services.
• Gobernación de La GuajiracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental government collaboration including joint public accountability events and regional development coordination.
• Grupo Mecanizado Juan José Rondón de Buenavista (Colombian Army)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMilitary unit participating in civic events, national celebrations, and maintaining public order in the municipality.
• Fuerza Pública (Public Force)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecurity forces including police and military coordinating municipal security measures such as the extended motorcycle passenger restriction.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Alcaldía de El Molino: Small La Guajira municipality geographically adjacent to San Juan del Cesar, sharing rural-agricultural economic base and PDET framework. Comparable peer on territorial-planning issues along the Cesar–Guajira border corridor.
• Alcaldía de Uribia: Largest geographic municipality in La Guajira with a predominantly Wayúu indigenous population and PDET status. Comparable on post-conflict programming, participatory mechanisms, and the operational challenges of serving a dispersed rural citizenry with limited headcount.
• Alcaldía de Distracción: Small La Guajira municipality in the southern corridor with comparable scale, PDET designation, and rural-citizen service profile. Direct peer for benchmarking minimum-viable staffing and digital-service delivery in low-capacity settings.
• Alcaldía de Riohacha: Capital municipality of La Guajira department, operating the same Colombian Alcaldía model with identical statutory responsibilities (tax collection, PBOT, PQRDS, SECOP) and citizen services portfolio. Direct comparator on departmental scale, citizen engagement frameworks, and PDET-aligned priorities.
• Alcaldía de Fonseca: Smaller La Guajira municipality with similar PDET designation and rural-agricultural economic base. Comparable in scale of operations, headcount, and reliance on national transfers, making it the closest like-for-like peer for benchmarking service delivery cost and capacity.
• Alcaldía de Barrancas: La Guajira municipality in the southern sub-region with comparable PDET status and a similar mix of agricultural and mining-related land-use tensions. Operates the same statutory digital modules and citizen participation framework.
• Alcaldía de Albania (La Guajira): La Guajira municipality with significant mining-royalty exposure and PDET designation, providing a peer comparable on non-tax revenue streams (regalías) and the regulatory complexity that accompanies extractive-sector land use.
• Alcaldía de Maicao: La Guajira municipality of comparable mid-tier size with strong PDET and ethnic-community dimensions, operating the same Mi Colombia Digital portal stack, PQRDS, and Participa-style mechanisms. Most directly comparable on indigenous-population service delivery and post-conflict programming.
• Alcaldía de Villanueva: La Guajira municipality of similar population scale operating under the same Colombian municipal-law framework, with parallel PBOT, SECOP, and PQRDS obligations. Useful peer for benchmarking digital adoption and participatory budgeting outcomes in mid-tier rural towns.

Regional players

• Alcaldía de Valledupar: Capital of neighboring Cesar department and the larger regional hub serving the same territory. Not a direct competitor (different department) but a benchmark peer on a more advanced scale of citizen-services digitization, PBOT execution, and participatory budgeting practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ASanJuanGuajira
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCSBv1ApaH64p4-aasz21s7w
• Facebookfacebook.com/alcaldia.sanjuan.guajira
• Instagraminstagram.com/alcaldia.sanjuan.guajira
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alcaldia-san-juan-del-cesar---la-guajira

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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