[2] The plenary session of the Legislative Commissions decrees in the city of Quito on February 9, 1984, the creation of the San Miguel de Urcuquí Canton in the province of Imbabura, its cantonal head, to be Urcuquí.

The first President of the Municipal Council was Mauro Francisco López, who previously worked in the Pro-Cantonization Committee.

[3] The name of this town and the canton originates, after in these territories, in ancient times, they were inhabited by various Ayllu (indigenous families), where due to the good and developed organization the Urcuquíes, who gave the aboriginal name of URCUCIQUE, which phonetically consists of two Quichua voices: URCU, which means hill and CIQUE, which means seat; that is, "hill seat".

Currently the phonetic composition with Spanish determined the town as Urcuquí.

[3] Its inhabitants have as their main activity agriculture and livestock, products from cold and subtropical climates are grown, in this order the production includes: potatoes, corn, geese, mellocos, morochillo, wheat, beans, barley, banana, beans, sugar cane, cassava, papaya, naranjilla, among others.