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{{Short description|Town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua}}
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'''Carichí''' is a town in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]. It serves as the [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipal seat]] of the [[Carichí (municipality)|surrounding municipality of the same name]].
The town was founded as a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] mission, '''Nombre de Jesús Carichi''', on 18 November 1675.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Corsi |first1=Elisabetta |title=Órdenes religiosas entre América y Asia: ideas para una historia misionera de los espacios coloniales |date=2008 |publisher=El Colegio de Mexico AC |isbn=978-968-12-1354-1 |page=145 |language=es}}</ref> Its name comes from the [[tarahumara language|Tarahumara]] name Güerocarichí. Prior to 24 August 1982, the town was officially known by the alternative name '''Carichic'''.
As of 2020, the town of Carichí had a population of 1,830,<ref name=SEDESOL>{{cite web|title=Carichí|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=012|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=[[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL)|accessdate=23 April 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011214/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=012|url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 1,672 in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carichí |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08012a.htm |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=[[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]] |accessdate=2008-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223203147/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08012a.htm |archivedate=2007-02-23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Carichí (Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/chihuahua/08012__carich%C3%AD/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
== Geography ==
Carichí is located at an altitude of 2,064 m (6,772 ft).
===Climate===
Carchi has a [[semi-arid climate]].
==References==
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1675]]
[[Category:Populated places in Chihuahua (state)]]
[[Category:1675 establishments in the Spanish Empire]]
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