Nogales (Arizona)
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 Nogales, border town between the USA (left) and Mexico (right) |
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| Location of Nogales in Arizona | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1893 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Santa Cruz County |
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 21 ′ N , 110 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| Residents : | 20,833 (as of 2005) |
| Population density : | 386.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 53.9 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 1168 m |
| Postcodes : | 85600-85699 |
| Area code : | +1 520 |
| FIPS : | 04-49640 |
| GNIS ID : | 0032336 |
| Website : | www.cityofnogales.net |
Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County , Arizona , United States , of about 20,500 residents. It is the seat of the county administration. The urban area has a size of 53.9 km².
Nogales is right on the border with Mexico . Nogales is considered to be the most important border town between Arizona and Mexico. Opposite it is the much larger Mexican Nogales in the state of Sonora . See also: United States-Mexico border
Population development
| year | Residents 1 |
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| 1980 | 15,683 |
| 1990 | 19,489 |
| 2000 | 20,878 |
| 2010 | 20,837 |
Although Nogales belongs to Arizona, Hispanics dominate the city given its border location : according to the US census of 2010, almost the entire population is classified as Hispanics. A significant part of the residents of Nogales are Mexicans. Most of the shops in the small city center are labeled in Spanish.
traffic
Nogales is on Interstate 19 and Arizona State Route 82 begins here .
sons and daughters of the town
- Movita Castaneda (1916–2015), film actress
- Charles Mingus (1922–1979), jazz bassist
Others
The 1966 Italo-Western Django by director Sergio Corbucci with Franco Nero in the leading role plays in Nogales.
Web links
- Michael Kiefer. First peek: Immigrant children flood detention center Report on detention centers for illegal immigrants