Word: envigado
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...smattering of colonial through 19th Century brick churches to curvaceous, glass-walled, ten-story skyscrapers-most of it in muscular bad taste. But the most characteristic structure in Medellin is a half-finished factory. Some 250 large factories already function in Medellin and the adjacent towns of Itagui, Bello, Envigado and Copacabana, but industrialization goes on. The municipal power system provides the cheapest electricity in South America, and is stepping up the supply with a second huge hydro development. The well-paved streets contrast sharply with Bogota's slovenliness. Illiteracy in Antioquia is relatively...