Nochistlán
thumb|town centre right|thumb|Nochistlán, Zacatecas Nochistlán () (Nahuatl: Nocheztlan, "land of cochineal") is a city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, on December 3, 1531, hired Cristóbal de Oñate to establish a village in Nochistlán; the village would be named Guadalajara to honor Guzmán for having been born in Guadalajara. Guadalajara was founded in Nochistlán on January 5, 1532. Its first officials were Cristóbal de Oñate, Sancho Ortiz de Zúñiga, Juan de Albornoz and Miguel de Ibarra. They worked at this project for only 16 months and created the first layout of G
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- Nochistlán, Zacatecas
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- Nochistlán de Mejía
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- Zacatecas
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- Nochistlán de Mejía
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Nochistlán oder Nochistlán de Mejía ist eine Kleinstadt mit ca. 17.000 Einwohnern und der Hauptort einer aus mehreren Dörfern und Haziendas bestehenden Gemeinde (municipio) von etwa 28.000 Einwohnern im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Zacatecas. Im Jahr 2012 wurde Nochistlán in die Liste der Pueblos Mágicos aufgenommen.
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