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Envigado (Antioquia, Colombia)

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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 8 September 2001



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From <www.envigado.gov.co>:
"Por Acuerdo N� 001, del 19 de Noviembre de 1982, el Concejo de Envigado, adopt� la bandera Municipal, acogi�ndose a las normas establecidas en nuestra constituci�n.
De acuerdo al articulado del mandato edilicio, se tom� el color verde como s�mbolo de la Antioque�:idad que siempre ha caracterizado a las gentes de Envigado, unido al color naranja emblema de la pujanza, dinamismo y proyecci�n hacia el desarrollo y el progreso constante de permanente vigencia en la ciudad."
Esteban Rivera Velez, 5 September 2001

The flag was officially adopted by Decree #001 on 19 November 1982. Green represents Antioquian character ("Antioquie�idad") Orange represents power, dynamism and progress.
Envigado was granted municipal status in 1814. It has the highest standard of living among the Colombian municipalities.
Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002

The Coat of Arms was designed by Presbiterian Julio C�sar Jaramillo Restrepo in the 1960's but it was officially adopted by Municipal Agreement No. 019 of December 1, 1994, by the City Council..
Source: <www.envigado.gov.co>.
E.R., 11 January 2008


Coat of Arms


image from <www.envigado.gov.co>, located by Esteban Rivera Velez, 5 September 2001


Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley

Medell�n and its Metropolitan Area - Medell�n, the captial of the Department of Antioquia, together with  other municipalities, form the "�rea Metropolitana del Valle de Aburr�, or Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley.  This is for economic purposes, in order to get more funds from the central government.  They have an English page available too: <www.metropol.gov.co>.
This "Area" is made up of 7 municipalities, which are as follows:
Caldas
La Estrella
Sabaneta
Itagu�
Envigado
Medell�n
Bello
Copacabana
Girardota
Barbosa.
(Each one has its own flag, anthem and Coat of Arms).  For now, only Bello, Envigado anfd Itag�� have theyr symbols ready
Esteban Rivera Velez, 5 September 2001