From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nogales, Veracruz
Nogales, Veracruz
Nogales da el Tuerto. Ojeda introduced sugar cane into the area,
(Nahuatl: Oztoticpac) and the San Juan Bautista Nogales sugar mill – one of the
earliest, if not the very first on the American continent –
— City and municipal seat —
was later established there.
In 1627, Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia, owner of the
sugar mill at the time, was named the First Count of the
Valley of Orizaba by Philip III of Spain.
On 27 October 1812, during the War of Independence,
the sugar mill was taken by surprise by General José
María Morelos, who used it as a staging post for his attack
on the royalist forces in Orizaba the next day.
On 14 June 1862, with the invading French army sta-
tioned in Orizaba, General Ignacio Zaragoza set up his
headquarters in Nogales.
On 7 January 1907, in the years of tension leading
Nogales up to the Mexican Revolution, Nogales textile workers
Location in Mexico protesting their treatment by French textile-mill owners
Coordinates: 18°49′0″N 97°10′0″W / 18.816667°N were massacred by the federal troops of President Por-
97.166667°W / 18.816667; -97.166667Coordinates: 18°49′0″N firio Díaz.
97°10′0″W / 18.816667°N 97.166667°W / 18.816667; In 1910, Nogales was awarded the status of a town (vil-
-97.166667
la) and, in 1971, city status (ciudad).
Country Mexico
State
Municipality
Veracruz
Nogales
Notable local people
Government • Heriberto Jara Corona (1879–1968), Governor of
• Municipal Miguel Romero Retana (AFV), Veracruz from 1924 to 1927, recipient of the Senate’s
President 2008-10 Belisario Domínguez Medal.
Elevation 1,280 m (4,199 ft)
Population (2005) References
• Total 21,113 [1] "Nogales". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México.
Postal code Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el
Website www.nogales.gob.mx Desarrollo Municipal. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/
work/templates/enciclo/veracruz/municipios/
Nogales is a city in the mountainous western region of 30115a.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal [2] "Nogales". Portal del Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz.
seat for the surrounding municipality of Nogales.[1] Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz.
It is situated at 18°49′N 97°10′W / 18.817°N 97.167°W / http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/
18.817; -97.167, at an altitude of 1280 m. In the 2005 INEGI page?_pageid=1645,4150684&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ciu
Census, the city reported a total population of 21113.[2] Retrieved 10 November 2008.
The name "Nogales" is the Spanish for walnut trees.
External links
History • Municipality of Nogales
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 Oje-
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