El Fuerte Municipality

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El Fuerte Municipality
Municipio de El Fuerte
Seal of El Fuerte.png
El Fuerte en Sinaloa.svg
Location of the municipality in Sinaloa
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg Sinaloa
Seat El Fuerte
No. of Sindicaturas7
Foundation1915
Government
   Municipal president Gildardo Leyva Ortega
Area
  Total384,302 km2 (148,380 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total97,536 [1]
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
Website El Fuerte Government page

Municipality of El Fuerte is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. [2] Its seat is El Fuerte city.

Political subdivision

El Fuerte Municipality is subdivided in 7 sindicaturas:

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References

  1. "Main results by locality 2010". INEGI. 2010.
  2. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

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