class="apple-converted-space"> located in the
department of
Arauca
.
It
limits the
north
with
Saravena
the south by
Tame
,
at
this
with
Arauquita
and
west
with
Güicán
.
As
a municipality, Fortul was created by Decree 2926 of December 15, 1989 for this
reason is considered to function as such since 1990.
According to the
census
conducted by
DANE
,
Fortul has a population of 15,500 inhabitants, of which 10,613 are of the
municipal seat
.