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Urique (Tarahumara: Urike) is a town and seat of the municipality of Urique, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town of Urique had a population of 1,102, up from 984 as of 2005. Located in the southwest corner of the state in the region of the cliffs, the town is at the bottom of the valley Barranca de Urique, formed by the river of the same name, due to its relatively low elevation above sea level (about 550 meters) the climate of Urique is close to tropical. It's the principal village of the Municipality of Urique.

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Settlement.name
Urique
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Urique Canyon.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The town of Urique in the Urique Canyon
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Chihuahua
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Urique
Settlement.population_as_of
2010
Settlement.population_total
1,102
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.elevation_m
550

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Official name
Urique
Population
1102
Elevation
550
Image
La Centrale en Urique.jpg
Dialing code
635
Licence plate code
8
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postal code
33420
Commons category
Urique, Chihuahua
native label
Urique
inception
1690-01-12
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Urique (Tarahumara: Urike) is a town and seat of the municipality of Urique, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town of Urique had a population of 1,102, up from 984 as of 2005. Located in the southwest corner of the state in the region of the cliffs, the town is at the bottom of the valley Barranca de Urique, formed by the river of the same name, due to its relatively low elevation above sea level (about 550 meters) the climate of Urique is close to tropical. It's the principal village of the Municipality of Urique.

==Geography== ===Climate===

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