El Dorado (locally el durr-AY-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population of the city is 17,755. El Dorado's population has an African American majority.
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El Dorado is headquarters of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission as well as Murphy USA, Deltic Timber Corporation and a DelekUS oil refinery. The city has a downtown arts district, the Murphy Arts District (MAD); a community college, South Arkansas College (SouthArk); and a multi-cultural arts center, South Arkansas Arts Center (SAAC). El Dorado is the population, cultural and business center of south central Arkansas.
The city was the heart of the 1920s oil boom in the area. During World War II, it became a center of the chemical industry, which still plays a part in the economy, as do oil and timber.
From the Wikipedia article El Dorado, Arkansas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around El Dorado
- Ruston76 km S
- Monroe93 km SE
- Bossier City126 km SW
- Shreveport127 km SW
- Pine Bluff129 km NE
- Texarkana130 km W
- Texarkana131 km W
- Hot Springs149 km N
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