Envigado (Antioquia, Colombia)

Last modified: 2021-08-26 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: antioquia | envigado | aburra | valle de aburra |
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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 8 September 2001

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
• Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley
• Benedictino de Santa María, Colegio

See also:

• Colombia
• Antioquia Department
• Medellin

Other Sites:

• www.gobant.gov.co
• www.envigado.gov.co

Overview

From <www.envigado.gov.co>:
"Por Acuerdo N° 001, del 19 de Noviembre de 1982, el Concejo de Envigado, adoptó la bandera Municipal, acogiéndose a las normas establecidas en nuestra constitución.
De acuerdo al articulado del mandato edilicio, se tomó el color verde como símbolo de la Antioqueñ:idad que siempre ha caracterizado a las gentes de Envigado, unido al color naranja emblema de la pujanza, dinamismo y proyección 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 ("Antioquieñidad") 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

(screenshot of tv add aired today on TeleAntioquia tv channel)
image located by Esteban Rivera, 17 May 2016

Today on TeleAntioquia local tv channel, during a tv add, one can see the variant flag of Envigado with the coat of arms in the middle.
Esteban Rivera, 17 May 2016

Coat of Arms

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

The Coat of Arms was designed by Presbiterian Julio César 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

Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley

Medellín and its Metropolitan Area - Medellín, the captial of the Department of Antioquia, together with  other municipalities, form the "Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, 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
Itaguí
Envigado
Medellín
Bello
Copacabana
Girardota
Barbosa.
(Each one has its own flag, anthem and Coat of Arms).  For now, only Bello, Envigado anfd Itagüí have theyr symbols ready
Esteban Rivera Velez, 5 September 2001