El Centro is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the largest city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County.

What is the meaning of Centro?

noun. centre, center [noun] the middle point, or middle of anything; the point or area farthest from the edge.

Does El Centro mean downtown?

43 Comments. 'El centro' may be downtown in the US, but it's not a word we use in the UK. The city 'centre' is the centre of the city. Without context, the most obvious translation is usually the best: the centre.