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. Its creation from the municipality of Culiacán was approved in 2021 and become operational on 1 November 2024.
Eldorado | |
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  Eldorado Location of Eldorado  Eldorado Eldorado (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 24°19′23″N 107°21′47″W / 24.32306°N 107.36306°W[1] | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Sinaloa |
| Incorporated | 23 March 2021 |
| Seat | Eldorado |
| Area | |
• Total | 586.56 km2 (226.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] (of seat) | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 46,628 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 14,772 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain) |
| Area code | 667 |
Geography
editThe municipality of Eldorado is located at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in central Sinaloa. To the north and the east, it borders the sindicaturas or administrative subdivisions of Costa Rica, Quilá and Emiliano Zapata in the municipality of Culiacán. It borders the Ensenada de Pabellones lagoon, a Ramsar site,[5] to the west; and the Gulf of California to the south.[6] Eldorado has a desert climate.[7]
| Climate data for El Dorado weather station at 24°19′25″N 107°22′04″W / 24.32361°N 107.36778°W, 10 m above sea level (1981–2010 averages, 1951–2010 extremes) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) |
36.5 (97.7) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.5 (103.1) |
42.5 (108.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.4 (0.45) |
4.5 (0.18) |
3.0 (0.12) |
4.6 (0.18) |
0.4 (0.02) |
19.0 (0.75) |
61.6 (2.43) |
100.8 (3.97) |
149.6 (5.89) |
42.8 (1.69) |
24.5 (0.96) |
16.3 (0.64) |
438.5 (17.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 34.3 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[8][9] | |||||||||||||
History
editOn 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.[10][11]
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.[12] The writer Inés Arredondo spent her childhood summers in Eldorado.[13]
The idea of establishing an independent municipality of Eldorado first appeared in the 1970s,[12] but various attempts to achieve this had failed before the movement was rekindled in 2020.[14] 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.[15] The decree establishing the municipality went into force on 23 March 2021.[2]
Administration
editEldorado will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2024. The municipal government of Eldorado will consist of a municipal president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and six trustees (regidores), three elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.[16] Eldorado is administratively subdivided into four sindicaturas respectively headquartered at the localities of Eldorado, Leopoldo Sánchez Celis, Las Arenitas, and Guadalupe Victoria.[2]
Demographics
editIn the 2020 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Eldorado recorded a population of 46,628 inhabitants.[3] The municipal seat, also named Eldorado, recorded a population of 14,772 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.[4] The next largest localities in the municipality are Leopoldo Sánchez Celis and Guadalupe Victoria, which recorded populations of 3411 and 2288 respectively in the 2020 Census.[17][18]
Economy
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Eldorado's economy relies on agriculture irrigated by the San Lorenzo River; commerce; and fishing, in particular shrimp farming.[6] Sugar has been cultivated in Eldorado since 1900, and its sugar mill is the only one still operating in Sinaloa today.[19]
Eldorado has several beaches that serve as tourist attractions.[6][20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades". INEGI. February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "DECRETO NÚMERO: 597" (PDF). El Estado de Sinaloa (in Spanish). Congress of Sinaloa. 22 March 2021. pp. 3–9. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b Lizárraga, Marco Antonio (5 March 2021). "Municipalización es el principio de un mejor futuro". Entre Veredas (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Panorama sociodemográfico de Sinaloa. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. p. 22. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Ensenada de Pabellones". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Eldorado". Ayuntamiento de Culiacán (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Culiacán, Sinaloa" (PDF). Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). INEGI. 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Aispuro, Benigno (29 July 2023). "RELATOS Y LEYENDAS DEL VIEJO NAVITO". Al100xSinaloa (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ García Cortés, Adrián (10 October 2010). "La villa de San Miguel, según Nuño de Guzmán". La Voz del Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b Ruiz Martínez, Esteban; Mendívil Félix, Julio (2007). Eldorado: sus recursos y su historia (in Spanish). Culiacán: La Crónica de Culiacán. pp. 19, 102. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Albarran Ampudia, Maria Claudia Patricia (1998). "4". Ines Arredondo : los dos rostros de la escritura (PhD thesis). UNAM. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Eldorado busca ser el municipio 19 de Sinaloa". Central Municipal (in Spanish). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Aprueba Congreso del Estado creación del municipio de Eldorado" (in Spanish). Congress of Sinaloa. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Convoca Congreso de Sinaloa a designar Comité Fundacional del municipio de Eldorado" (in Spanish). Congress of Sinaloa. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Leopoldo Sánchez Celis, Culiacán, Sinaloa (250060438)". México en Cifras (in Spanish). INEGI. 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Guadalupe Victoria (El Atorón), Culiacán, Sinaloa (250061384)". México en Cifras (in Spanish). INEGI. 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Medina, Orlando (2 April 2024). "Ingenio de Eldorado; así nació la única factoría de azúcar que sobrevive en el noroeste de México". Luz Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Sainz, Brandon (3 August 2023). "Estas son las playas que perderá Culiacán con la municipalización de Eldorado". Luz Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
Further reading
edit- Echavarría, Esperanza (1982). Eldorado, un pueblo contra su nombre (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Culiacán: La Crónica de Culiacán.