Nogales

View of the population from the terrace of the homage tower of castle

Nogales is a municipality in the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. It belongs to the judicial district of Almendralejo, halfway between the districts of Olivenza and Tierra de Barros, in the vicinity of the Sierra de Monsalud. The population extends on the southeast slope of a hill called Cabezo de Nogales. Arab sources make reference to Nuqalis when they refer to the military campaign carried out by the emirate troops in the year 876, against the muladí rebel Ibn Marwan, founder of the city of Badajoz. Modern authors identify this Nuqalis with the current Nogales.