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Envigado
Ceety
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Official seal of Envigado
Seal
Location o the municipality an toun o Envigado in the Antioquia Depairtment o Colombie
Location o the municipality an toun o Envigado in the Antioquia Depairtment o Colombie
Envigado is located in Colombie
Envigado
Envigado
Location in Colombie
Coordinates: 6°10′19″N 75°34′49″W / 6.17194°N 75.58028°W / 6.17194; -75.58028
Kintra Colombie
DepairtmentAntioquia
Foondit1775
Govrenment
 • MayorHector Londoño Restrepo
Area
 • Ceety78.78 km2 (30.42 sq mi)
Elevation
1675 m (5,495 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Ceety199,276
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
3,312,165
Demonym(s)Envigadeño
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombie Staundart Time)
Area code(s)57 + 4
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spaingie)

Envigado is a city o Colombie in Antioquia, locatit at the sooth o the Valle de Aburrá an belangin tae the Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá. It haes limits at its north wi El Poblado, Medellín; at its sooth wi Sabaneta; at its east wi El Retiro an Caldas an at wast wi Itagüí. The oreegin o its name isna kent, but some researchers associatit it wi "beam" (viga in Spainyie). It is the city o the Colombie philosopher Fernando González an aw. His hoose, Otraparte, is the day a cultural centre an museum dedicatit tae his memory an warks.

Envigado is famous for keepin the paisa tradeetions an airchitectur an aw, ane o the best staundart o livin in Colombie an for its promisin fitbaa team: Envigado Futbol Club.

Demografics

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Envigado neebourheids.

The population at the 1993 census wis 115,484; in 2005 it haed a population o 175,337 inhabitants.

History

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Foondit in 1775, Envigado wis declared a municipality in 1814. Its name comes frae the muckle trees that wur ance fand thare an that wur uised for the rafters (vigas) in constructin hooses.

Economy

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The principal economic activity is manufacturin: Envigado boasts a great an modren industrie. Amang the maist ootstaundin locally-based companies is the Renault-Toyota assembly plant Sofasa. As weel, Envigado hosts the heidquairters o Almacenes Exito, the lairgest chain o supermercats o Colombie, pairticularly for textiles, soaps an perfumes.

Envigado is hame tae a fitbaa team cried Envigado Fútbol Club that plays in the Colombie first diveesion.

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