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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- City
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- Parián and Church of Nochistlán
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- Mexico Zacatecas#Mexico
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- Country
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- Mexico
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- State
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- Zacatecas
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- Municipality
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- Nochistlán de Mejía
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