Editing Santa Cruz County, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
[[File:AZ 82 in Nogales.jpg|thumb|right|The junction of Arizona State Route 82 (Patagonia Highway) and Business-Loop 19 (Grand Avenue) in Nogales. The SR 82 overpass crosses over Grand Avenue, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Nogales Wash.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1238|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1237|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqmi}} (0.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 23, 2015|date=August 23, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the smallest county by area in Arizona.

===Adjacent counties and municipalities===
* [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]–west, north
* [[Cochise County, Arizona|Cochise County]]–east
* [[Nogales, Sonora|Nogales, Sonora, Mexico]]–south
* [[Santa Cruz, Sonora|Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico]]–south
* [[Sáric|Sáric, Sonora, Mexico]]–south

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-19 (AZ).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 19]]
* [[Image:Arizona 82.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 82|State Route 82]]
* [[Image:Arizona 83.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 83|State Route 83]]

===National protected areas===
* [[Coronado National Forest]] (part)
* [[Las Cienegas National Conservation Area]] (part)
* [[Tumacácori National Historical Park]]

===Border crossings===
There are three crossings of the [[U.S.-Mexico border]] in Nogales: the [[Nogales-Grand Avenue Port of Entry|Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry]] (for vehicular and pedestrian traffic); the [[Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry]] (in the western part of the city, for vehicular and pedestrian traffic); and the [[Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry|Morley Gate Port of Entry]] (for pedestrians only).<ref>Rafael Carranza, [https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2020/03/31/customs-officers-shut-down-indefinitely-nogales-crossing-us-mexico-border/5091630002/ Mexico shuts down Nogales border crossing indefinitely, limits cargo processing], ''Arizona Republic'' (March 31, 2020).</ref> [[Lochiel, Arizona|Lochiel]], a former mining and ranching border town, formerly had a border crossing, but the U.S. government shut the port of entry down in 1983.<ref>Arielle Zionts, [https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/border-resident-lives-in-old-customs-house/article_d8fcfff2-aa21-11e7-bbcb-b7b3c1092e20.html Border resident lives in old customs house], ''Nogales International'' (October 6, 2017).</ref><ref>Murphy Woodhouse, [https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/ghost-border-town-isn-t-dead-yet/article_64345bb0-a0b6-11e4-a1dd-fb55e3ee3295.html 'Ghost' border town isn't dead yet], ''Nogales International'' (January 20, 2015).</ref>