Fort Buchanan

Fort Buchanan was a US Army post founded in 1856 three miles southwest of present-day in , Arizona, on the east slope of what is now called Hog Canyon.
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  • Type: fort
  • Description: former US Army post
  • Also known as: “Fort Buchanan, Arizona”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sonoita.

Photo: The Old Pueblo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 803 at the 2020 census. The origin of the name of the CDP is the O'odham Ṣon ʼOidag, which may be best translated as "spring field".

Fort Buchanan

Latitude
31.65759° or 31° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
-110.70703° or 110° 42′ 25″ west
Elevation
4,629 feet (1,411 metres)
Open location code
853FM75V+25
Geo­Names ID
5295088
Wiki­data ID
Q376168
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Buchanan” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بوكانان”
  • French: “fort Buchanan”
  • French: “Fort Buchanan”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ بیوکینن، ایریزونا”
  • Vietnamese: “Buchanan”

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