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Also known as Nogales, Arizona, Nogales, AZ

city in and county seat of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, on the Mexican border

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Nogales is a city in Arizona that sits right on the border with Mexico and serves as the county seat of Santa Cruz County. It's an important border crossing point between the two countries.

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Official name
Nogales
Population
19770
Area
53.967275
Elevation
1168
Official website
www.nogalesaz.gov
Image
Nogales.jpg
Households
7129
Dialing code
520
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Commons category
Nogales, Arizona
postal code
85621
inception
1893-00-00
water as percent of area
0.0964
native label
Nogales
water area
0.052024
per capita income
17408
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Nogales ( Spanish pronunciation: [noˈɣales] ; English: /nəˈɡɑːlɪs/ or /noʊˈɡɑːleɪs/) is a city in and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. As of 2026, the population of Nogales is 20,072. Nogales forms part of the larger Tucson–Nogales combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,027,683 as of the 2010 Census.

Nogales forms Arizona's largest transborder agglomeration with its adjacent, much larger twin Nogales, Sonora, across the Mexican border. The southern terminus of Interstate 19 is located in Nogales at the U.S.–Mexico border; the highway continues south into Mexico as Mexico Federal Highway 15. The highways meeting in Nogales are a major road intersection in the CANAMEX Corridor, connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Nogales also is the beginning of the Arizona Sun Corridor, an economically important trade region stretching from Nogales to Prescott, including the Tucson and Phoenix metropolitan areas.

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