El Fuerte | |
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 Constitution Square gazebo | |
  El Fuerte Location in Mexico  El Fuerte Location in Sinaloa | |
| Coordinates: 26°25′17″N 108°37′12″W / 26.42139°N 108.62000°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sinaloa |
| Municipality | El Fuerte |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,566 |
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| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight Time) |
| Website | Government page |
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El Fuerte (Spanish: [el ˈfweɾte] ) is a city and El Fuerte Municipality its surrounding municipality in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city population reported in the 2010 census was 12,566 people.
El Fuerte, meaning "The Fort", was given a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") touristic label in 2009, due to its many attractions, its historical importance and its appealing small-town colonial aura.
- ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010.