| Official Name: | El Cobre |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jalisco |
| Government Type: | Municipal Agency |
| Leader Title: | Municipal Agent |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | c. 1890 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 51 |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 6448 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
El Cobre is a rural town in the municipality of San Martín de Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The town is in between the towns of Lagunillas and Mesa del Cobre, in Sierra de Quila, Jalisco's second-largest forest reserve. The population was 51 according to the 2020 census.[1]
The town is topographically settled on top of a mesa with deposits of copper, hence its name of El Cobre, meaning "the copper".