El Recodo is a mexican town located in
Mazatlán Municipality
Municipality of Mazatlán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders th ...
.
Its current name was given in 1822 due to the angle formed by the
Presidio River.
It is located 27.3 kilometers southeast of
Mazatlán
Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...
.
It has a population of 630 inhabitants.
It is located at 55 meters above sea level.
In this town the
Banda El Recodo
Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to simply as Banda El Recodo, is a Mexican banda formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in 1938. It has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family. Banda El Recodo has recorded with p ...
was founded in 1938.
Among its tourist sites, the Church of the Virgin of the Holy Cross stands out, built in 1850 and the house of Don Cruz Lizárraga.
Livestock farming, agriculture and saddlery are practiced in the town.
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References
Mazatlán
External links
*{{commonscatinline, El Recodo, Sinaloa