Fort Buchanan
Fort Buchanan was a US Army post founded in 1856 three miles southwest of present-day Sonoita in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on the east slope of what is now called Hog Canyon.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: fort
- Description: former US Army post
- Also known as: “Fort Buchanan, Arizona”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonoita.
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
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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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