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Envigado was founded in 1775 and was declared a municipality in 1814. The founders were José Antonio Isaza y Atuesta, Lucas de Ochoa y Tirado, and Vicente Restrepo. Some researchers suggest that its name comes from the large trees that were once found there and which were used for the rafters (vigas) in constructing houses.
Map of Colombia Bogotá, Capital of Colombia Medellín Cali Barranquilla Cartagena Cúcuta Santa Marta. This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census. A city is displayed in bold if it is a capital city of a department.
This article lists cities in Colombia by population, according to National Administrative Department of Statistics (commonly referred to as DANE in Spanish). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All cities listed must have a population of at least 100,000 residents, because this is a list of cities not towns.
Succeeding Tom as head of the Oficina de Envigado, Clemente was also described as "Medellin's top mafia boss." [ 16 ] His arrest was the latest of more than 135 Oficina bosses and gang leaders arrested over the past three years who made it to the top of the crime organization in little more than 10 years. [ 16 ]
Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,104 municipalities . Each one of them is led by a mayor ( alcalde ) elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in ...
Estadio Polideportivo Sur is a multi-purpose stadium in Envigado, Colombia that is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people and was built in 1992. Envigado FC play their home matches at this stadium. [1] The stadium was renovated in 2009 to prepare for the 2010 South American Games held in ...
Envigado is the 18th station on line A of the Medellín Metro going south. [1] It is named after the city where it is located, Envigado . The station was opened on 30 September 1996 as part of the extension of the line from Poblado to Itagüí .
The St Joseph's Church (in Spanish, Iglesia de San José) is a simple gothic revival Roman Catholic church located in Colombia. It is sited at Envigado, Antioquia; near Rosellón, an old textile factory and it is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín. [1] Central nave. Church tabernacle.