Fuerte, Or Villa Del Fuerte, a town of Mexico, in the state of Sinaloa, on the Fuerte river, about 60 m. from the gulf of California, and 150 m. S. S. E. of Guaymas; pop. about 5,000. It is situated in a delightful plain, and possesses many handsome houses. It is chiefly important as a depot of the transit trade between Guaymas and the interior.-The Rio del Fuerte rises in the Sierra Madre toward the W. confines of Chihuahua, and after flowing about 200 m. in a generally S. W. direction, empties into the gulf of California.