Nogales, Arizona
E525852
Nogales, Arizona is a U.S.–Mexico border city in southern Arizona known as a major port of entry and hub for international trade and cross-border culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nogales, Arizona canonical | 10 |
| Nogales, Arizona, United States | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5242803 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nogales, Arizona Context triple: [Southeastern Arizona, contains, Nogales, Arizona]
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A.
Nogales, Sonora
Nogales, Sonora is a major Mexican border city in the state of Sonora, located directly across from Nogales, Arizona, and serving as an important commercial and transportation gateway between Mexico and the United States.
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B.
Nogales
Nogales is a Chilean municipality located in the Province of Quillota in the Valparaíso Region.
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C.
Nogales
Nogales is a municipality and town in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, known for its mountainous terrain and role as part of the Orizaba metropolitan area.
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D.
La Paz, Arizona
La Paz, Arizona was a 19th-century Colorado River mining town and former county seat whose name was later adopted by La Paz County.
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E.
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista, Arizona is a city in southeastern Arizona that serves as a commercial, residential, and cultural hub for the surrounding region, closely associated with the nearby U.S. Army installation at Fort Huachuca.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nogales, Arizona Target entity description: Nogales, Arizona is a U.S.–Mexico border city in southern Arizona known as a major port of entry and hub for international trade and cross-border culture.
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A.
Nogales, Sonora
Nogales, Sonora is a major Mexican border city in the state of Sonora, located directly across from Nogales, Arizona, and serving as an important commercial and transportation gateway between Mexico and the United States.
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B.
Nogales
Nogales is a Chilean municipality located in the Province of Quillota in the Valparaíso Region.
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C.
Nogales
Nogales is a municipality and town in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, known for its mountainous terrain and role as part of the Orizaba metropolitan area.
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D.
La Paz, Arizona
La Paz, Arizona was a 19th-century Colorado River mining town and former county seat whose name was later adopted by La Paz County.
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E.
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista, Arizona is a city in southeastern Arizona that serves as a commercial, residential, and cultural hub for the surrounding region, closely associated with the nearby U.S. Army installation at Fort Huachuca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 520 ⓘ |
| averageSummerHighTemperature | around 90–95 °F ⓘ |
| averageWinterHighTemperature | around 60–65 °F ⓘ |
| borderCrossingType | major port of entry ⓘ |
| borderFacility |
DeConcini Port of Entry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mariposa Port of Entry NERFINISHED ⓘ Morley Gate pedestrian crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersCity | Nogales, Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWallPresence | yes ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Köppen BSk ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Santa Cruz County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossBorderMetropolitanArea | Ambos Nogales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Hispanic or Latino population ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 180 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona
ⓘ
approximately 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona ⓘ |
| economy |
international trade
ⓘ
maquiladora-related logistics ⓘ produce distribution ⓘ retail and services ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3,865 feet ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
customs brokerage
ⓘ
trucking and logistics ⓘ warehousing ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Santa Cruz County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Arizona Sun Corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Cruz Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
U.S.–Mexico trade corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cross-border culture ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderWith | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monsoonSeason | summer ⓘ |
| namedAfter | walnut trees (nogales in Spanish) ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
| postalCode | 85621 ⓘ |
| railService | Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Arizona borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| timezone | Mountain Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportCorridor |
Arizona State Route 189
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arizona State Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nogales, Arizona Description of subject: Nogales, Arizona is a U.S.–Mexico border city in southern Arizona known as a major port of entry and hub for international trade and cross-border culture.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southeastern Arizona
this entity surface form:
Nogales, Arizona, United States
this entity surface form:
Nogales, Arizona, United States