Uruachi (a name in the
Tarahumara language
The Tarahumara language (native name "people language") is a Mexican Indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara (Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according to a 2002 census ...
of disputed meaning;
also known as Mineral de Urachi on account of its mining activities)
is a town in the
Mexican state
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of
Chihuahua, close to the border with the state of
Sonora
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.
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.
up from 806 as of 2005.
The settlement was founded by
Jesuit
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missionaries in 1736.
References
Populated places in Chihuahua (state)
Populated places established in 1736
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