El Salado, is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is 45.2 kilometres (28.1 mi) south southeast of Álamos and 30.3 kilometres (18.8 mi) northwest of El Fuerte, in Sinaloa. It lies on the left bank of the Rio Cuchujaqui at an elevation of 140 metres (460 ft). Its population at the time of its last census was 83 persons, 47 males and 36 females.[1]