Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History

Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History
Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia
Agency overview
Formed24 December 1999 (1999-12-24)
Preceding agencies
  • National Archeological Service
  • National Ethnographic Institute
  • Colombian Institute of Hispanic Culture
HeadquartersCalle 12 № 2-41
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budgetCOP$8,379,225,798 (2011)[1]
COP$9,602,340,786 (2012)[2]
COP$10,426,541,605 (2013)[3]
Agency executive
  • Nicolás Loaiza Díaz, Director
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture
Websitewww.icanh.gov.co

The Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (Spanish: Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia), ICANH, is a scientific and technical government agency ascribed to the Ministry of Culture in charge of researching, producing and disseminating knowledge in the fields of anthropology, archeology and colonial history to protect the archaeological and ethnographic patrimony of Colombia.[4]

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (13 December 2010). "Ley 1420 de 2010" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (47, 922). Bogotá: 28. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 283). Bogotá: 14. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (48, 640). Bogotá: 13. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Acerca del ICANH: Misión" (in Spanish). Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-12.