San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States.
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20 Facts About San Angelo
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San Angelo is home to Angelo State University, historic Fort Concho, and Goodfellow Air Force Base.
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Current city of San Angelo was founded in 1867, when the United States built Fort Concho, one of a series of new forts designed to protect the frontier.
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San Angelo grew exponentially during the oil boom of the 1900s, when vast amounts of oil were found in the area, and the city became a regional hub of the oil and gas industry.
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San Angelo falls on the southwestern edge of the Edwards Plateau and the northeastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert at the junction of the North and South Concho Rivers.
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San Angelo falls near the boundary between the subtropical semiarid steppe and midlatitude steppe climates.
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San Angelo has consistently been ranked by many publications and rankings as one of the best small cities for business and employment.
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San Angelo serves as the regional medical center for west-central Texas.
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Shannon Medical Center employs over 3,000 in San Angelo, and provide services to a large region of west-central Texas.
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San Angelo Performing Arts Center provides access to the highest level of performing arts by presenting local, national, and international touring shows at two historic venues: the 1350-seat 1928 Murphey Auditorium and the Stephens Performing Arts Center which contains the 300-seat Brooks and Bates Theater, a black-box theater, seven ballet studios, and administrative spaces.
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The San Angelo Art Walk, held every third Thursday, includes a viewing of the various downtown art galleries.
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San Angelo Symphony, founded in 1949, plays several events a year, with its feature event being on July 3.
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Ballet San Angelo was founded in 1983 for the purpose of presenting an annual production of The Nutcracker.
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Ballet San Angelo offers ballet training for students, a fitness program, a scholarship, and a community outreach program.
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San Angelo Nature Center, located at Lake Nasworthy, is an educational center open to the public.
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Historic Fort Concho, a National Historic Landmark maintained by the city of San Angelo, was founded in 1867 by the United States Army to protect settlers and maintain vital trade routes.
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San Angelo State offers almost 100 different undergraduate programs and 23 graduate programs, including three doctoral programs.
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San Angelo has a branch of Howard College, which is based in Big Spring, Texas.
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San Angelo is home to a branch of American Commercial College, a private for-profit career college.
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