Urique Municipality

Urique is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Urique. The municipality covers an area of 3,968.6 km².

Urique
Municipality
Municipality of Urique in Chihuahua
Urique Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 27°3′15″N 106°15′58″W / 27.05417°N 106.26611°W / 27.05417; -106.26611
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Urique
Area
• Total	3,968.6 km^2 (1,532.3 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	20,386
• Density	5.1/km^2 (13/sq mi)

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 20,386,^[1] up from 19,567 as of 2005.^[2]

As of 2010, the town of Urique had a population of 1,102.^[1] Other than the town of Urique, the municipality had 1,214 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San Rafael (2,160), Cerocahui (1,556), and Bahuichivo (1,502), classified as rural.^[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 857 localities. The largest are:

Name	Population (2005)
San Rafael	2,168
Bahuichivo	1,365 Bahuichivo
Cerocahui	1,304
Urique	984
Total Municipality	19,566

References

1. "Urique". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2008.