Nogales (Sonora)
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Coordinates: 31 ° 19 ′ N , 110 ° 57 ′ W Heroica Nogales on the map of Sonora
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Sonora | |
| Municipio | Nogales | |
| City foundation | 1884 | |
| Residents | 212,533 (2010) | |
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| height | 1199 m | |
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Nogales , officially Heroica Nogales , is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora with 212,533 inhabitants (2010). The city, seat of the Municipio Nogales , is located in the north-west of Sonora directly on the border with the USA and merges with the city of Nogales (Arizona) in the north .
history
In 1841, when the border with the United States ran even further north, the Mexican government gave the land to a family named Elías. Because of the walnut trees that grew there, it was called Los Nogales de Elías ( Spanish : nogal - walnut tree). With the Gadsden purchase in 1853, the northern half of the area came to the United States. Two brothers of Russian descent, Jacob and Isaac Isaacson, set up a trading post on the border that was named Nogales by the United States Postal Service in 1880 .
Demographics
The total population in 2010 was 220,292 people. In 2000 it was 159,103, in 1990 it was only 105,873.
education
There is a branch of the Universidad de Sonora in Nogales .
sons and daughters of the town
- Javier Solís (1931–1966), singer and actor
- Hector Avalos (* 1958), religious scholar
- Martín Amarillas (born 1965), boxer
- Ana Guevara (* 1977), track and field athlete
- David Lopez (1977-2017), boxer
- Óscar Valdez (born 1990), boxer
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ SEDESOL : Catálogo de Localidades
- ↑ Cecilia Ballí: Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground . nytimes.com dated February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Martín Amarillas in the database of Sports-Reference (English)