Why visit Eldorado
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About Eldorado
Eldorado is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of the state capital of Culiacán. It was created from the municipality of Culiacán in 2021 and it became operational on 1 November 2024.
From the Wikipedia article Eldorado, Sinaloa (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
On the San Lorenzo River just north of the present-day municipal seat of Eldorado is the site of Navito, which was inhabited by the Sabaibo and Tahue peoples in pre-Hispanic times. The Spanish expedition of Nuño de Guzmán reached Navito in 1531 and founded the settlement of San Miguel nearby, although they soon moved their settlement to present-day Culiacán.
In 1856, Joaquín Redo y Balmaceda and his wife Alejandra de la Vega acquired lands around Navito, where they built a textile factory named El Coloso and a sugar mill named La Aurora. In 1900, the Redo family built a new sugar mill named Eldorado, which gave its name to the surrounding settlement. In 1917, Eldorado became a sindicatura or municipal subdivision of Culiacán. The writer Inés Arredondo spent her childhood summers in Eldorado.
The idea of establishing an independent municipality of Eldorado first appeared in the 1970s, but various attempts to achieve this had failed before the movement was rekindled in 2020. Finally, on 5 March 2021, the Sinaloa state congress approved the elevation of the sindicatura of Eldorado in the municipality of Culiacán to an independent municipality. The decree establishing the municipality went into force on 23 March 2021.
From the History section of Eldorado, Sinaloa on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Eldorado
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bachigualato Federal International Airport (CUL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 50 km away.
- El Higueral 3 km southeast, about 3 min by car
- La Cruz de Eldorado (Cruz de Navito) 5 km northeast, about 5 min by car
- Portaceli 7 km east, about 7 min by car
- San Diego 7 km northeast, about 7 min by car
- El Camalote 9 km northeast, about 9 min by car
- Guadalupe Victoria 10 km east, about 10 min by car
- Las Piedritas 10 km north, about 10 min by car
- El Huinacaxtle 10 km northeast, about 10 min by car
- El Conchal 10 km south, about 10 min by car
- Culiacán 53 km north, about 53 min by car
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