Uruachi | |
Settlement Type: | Municipal seat |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Chihuahua |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Uruachi |
Established Title: | Founded |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 1,199 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 27.8672°N -108.2158°W |
Elevation M: | 1360 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 33300 |
Area Code: | 635 |
Uruachi (a name in the Tarahumara language of disputed meaning;[1] also known as Mineral de Urachi on account of its mining activities)is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, close to the border with the state of Sonora.It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Uruachi.
As of 2010, the town of Uruachi had a population of 1,199.[2] up from 806 as of 2005.[1]
The settlement was founded by Jesuit missionaries in 1736.