Nogales, Sonora Totally Explained

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Heroica Nogales, more commonly known as Nogales, is a city and its surrounding municipality on the northern border of the Mexican State of Sonora. The municipality covers an area of 1,675 km², and borders to the north the city of Nogales, Arizona, United States, across the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2000, the census reported that Nogales had a population of 159,103 people, representing approximately 50% growth from 1990. According to some sources, the real population was then about 290,000. By the 2005 census the official population of the city was 189,759, and that of the municipality was 193,517. The city and the municipality both rank second in the state in population, after Hermosillo. The municipality includes many outlying but small rural communities. Nogales is served by Nogales International Airport.
   The population growth is in part due to the influx of industry that has come since the opening of the maquiladora industry through the National Industrialization Program, decades before NAFTA. Manufacturing now accounts for 55% of the city's gross domestic product, and services are growing as well.
   Nogales officially became a municipality on July 11, 1884, date of the publication of Law No. 29, which had been signed the previous day by the then Governor of Sonora, Luis Emeterio Torres. Nogales was declared a city on January 1, 1920.
   Nogales is known for its recent enormous population growth which covers the hills along the central narrow valley that extends from South to North. Dispersed among the houses, the visitor will find a mixture of factories, stores, etc. However, recently, the southern half of the city has experienced a modern urbanization development which includes shopping malls, wide avenues, and modern housing conglomerations.

Economy

Tourism

Because of its location Nogales is one of the most important ports of entry for American tourism. One of the best attractions of the city is the temple of the “Sagrado corazón de Jesús” which was built in the twentieth century. However, there are a considerable number of bars and night clubs, 17 hotels, restaurants, handicraft stores and malls that offer a large amount of merchandise. The downtown area features more than a hundred stores featuring handicrafts, leather art, clothes. Local dishes commonly available in restaurants include burritos with machaca meat, menudo and tamales.

Medical & Dental Care Services for U.S. Citizens

Due to its close (1 hour) location to Tucson, AZ, Nogales has become one of the largest providers of and Health care in Mexico for US patients. The medical and dental community has successfully strived to provide care that's comparable to the USA in professionalism, equipment, and competency at a price that's 40 to 60% below the USA prices.
The Nogales Doctors and Dentists Directory (External Link

) lists over 200 providers, many proudly show their credentials, experience, and photos of their offices, equipment, and staff. The free directory is handy in that it shows contact information that allows patients to communicate with the doctors about their specific care and pricing before committing to an appointment.

Municipal Government

Nogales has been governed by the Revolutionary Institutional Party for its entire history until the 2006 elections when power shifted to the National Action Party. After more than 10 decades of being in power PRI lost office against PAN when when long time successful business man and recognized altruist Marco Antonio Martinez Dabdoub ran for presidency of this municipality. With a victory of about 30,000 votes over his PRI opponent, Martinez had now marked history for PAN and Nogales. Currently, Martinez's government has been ranked one of the top three in the nation by Mexican president Felipe Calderon along with Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and Guadalajara Jalisco (all of them members of Calderon's party). The city's web page shows that in his first term as mayor, Martinez was able to receive a larger budget for the city than the previous administration all together. Current efforts are now posted at http://www.nogalessonora.gob.mx. Although Nogales suffers from great scarcity from its previous administrations, its new government has now shown vast improvement and wise decisions for the future of its infrastructure and its economic growth.

Production and export

Approximately 92 establishments are dedicated to the production of various products for foreign export. Sixty five of these establishments are located in seven industrial parks. These plants employ approximately 25,400 workers, around the 50 percent of the total employed population of the municipality.

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