Nogales

Nogales is a Spanish word meaning "walnut trees". As a geographical name, it is shared by several places:

Nogales Municipality, Veracruz

Nogales is a municipality in the mountainous western region of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The municipal seat is the city of Nogales.

It is situated at 18°49′N 97°10′W / 18.817°N 97.167°W / 18.817; -97.167, at an altitude of 1280 m, and covers a total surface area of 77.32 km². In the year 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 31,818. Of the municipality's inhabitants, 1,286 (4.67%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Nahuatl.

The name "Nogales" is the Spanish for walnut trees.

The Lake of Nogales

Is a pleasant spa that is supplied water of fresh spring and is transparent forming a dam that is divided by small rivers. Infantile account with vestidores, games, areas of parking, rent of boats and sale of antojitos. Cerro de Huilapan, can be in wild form the following species: wild cat, tigrillo, squirrel, tejón, hare and great variety of birds.

History

This part of the future state of Veracruz was brought under Aztec sway in or around 1450 under Emperor Moctezuma Ilhuicamina. Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the area was awarded to the conquistador Ojeda el Tuerto. Ojeda introduced sugar cane into the area, and the San Juan Bautista Nogales sugar mill – one of the earliest, if not the very first on the American continent – was later established there.

Nogales Municipality, Sonora

The Municipality of Nogales is a municipality of northern Sonora state, in Northwestern Mexico.

Geography

The northern boundary of the Municipality is located along the U.S.—Mexico border.

The county seat of the Municipality is the City of Nogales. The city is abutted on its north by the city of Nogales, Arizona, United States.

History

The independent Nogales Municipality, which included the town of Nogales, was established on July 11, 1884. The Nogales Municipality covers an area of 1,675 km². Nogales was declared a city within the Municipality on January 1, 1920.

Escobarista Rebellion

Early in March 1929, the Escobarista Rebellion exploded in Nogales, sponsored by Obregonistas, supporters of Mexican president Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated on July 17, 1928. General Manuel Aguirre, commanding the rebellious 64th Regiment, took power without firing a shot, causing federales from Naco to send a daily airplane to attack the rebels. It dropped a few bombs over Nogales without doing any damage, while the rebels fought back with machine guns from the roofs without doing any damage to the airplane. There was only one casualty, a woman who was scared by a bomb explosion and had a heart attack. That same month, a hooded man appeared at night driving a tank on Morley Street on the U.S. side, then entered Mexico to help the federales in Naco. It seems that the tank had been bought in 1927 for fighting the Yaquis, but U.S. officials prohibited it from leaving the U.S., and it had been kept in a warehouse in Nogales, Arizona.