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for a 13- county area. Its proximity to the oil and gas
fields of West Texas has made it a home to many oil-
field service companies. A thriving medical sector has
grown from its formative days in the early 1900s, when
the city’s warm and dry climate helped heal tuberculo-
sis patients who had come from all over the nation to
its local treatment center. Other important sectors of
the city’s modern economy are agriculture, livestock,
meat processing, light manufacturing, telecommuni-
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
San Angelo, Texas
WHAT:
A city of 100,000
WHERE:
Located in the Concho Valley in central
west Texas
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