Definition
METROCO indicates the metropolitan area in Colombia in which the household was enumerated for the 1964 - 1993 sample years. METROCO is harmonized by name and does not account for boundary changes over time.
The full set of geography variables for Colombia can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1 and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.