Ntphon

See Nippon.

Nuble

Nuble, an inland province of Chili, bordering on the provinces of Maule and Concep-cion, and separated from the Argentine Republic by the Andes; area, 3,700 sq. m.; pop. in 1872, 128,182. It occupies the central plain and the western slopes of the Cordillera, forest-clothed branches from which intersect the province, dividing it into pleasant and fertile valleys. It is watered by affluents of the river Itata, one of which is the Nuble, flowing near the capital. The products embrace all the cereals, and a great variety of fruits and vegetables; cattle and horses are reared in large numbers; and several kinds of excellent wine are made. The province comprises the two departments of Chilian and San Carlos, which before 1848 belonged respectively to the provinces of Concepcion and Maule. Capital, Chilian.

Nuckolls

Nuckolls, a S. county of Nebraska, bordering on Kansas, and intersected by the Republican and Little Blue rivers; area, 576 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 8. The surface consists mostly of undulating and fertile prairies.

Nudibranchiates

See Mollusca.

Nueces

Nueces, a S. county of Texas, bordering on the gulf of Mexico, and bounded N. by the Nueces river; area, 3,450 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 3,975, of whom 332 were colored. Between the mainland and the Isla del Padre, a narrow strip of land extending along the coast, is the Laguna del Madre. Corpus Christi bay is on the N. E. corner, and the county is indented by other bays and lagoons. These waters furnish excellent fish and oysters in abundance. It has an undulating but nearly level surface, and the soil is a rich sandy loam, and very fertile. The seasons, however, are too dry for agriculture. The county is well adapted to the raising of sheep. In 1870 it produced 3,600 bushels of Indian corn, and 199,650 lbs. of wool, and contained 18,304 horses, 675 mules and asses, 1,911 milch cows, 177,270 other cattle, 82,368 sheep, and 1,783 swine. Capital, Corpus Christi.

Nueva Guatemala

See Guatemala.

Nukha

Nukha, a walled town of Asiatic Russia, in the Transcaucasian government and 60 m. N. E. of the city of Elisabethpol; pop. in 1872, 23,371. It consists of a Tartar and an Armenian town. Inside the fortress is a Greek orthodox church. The W. part of the town forms the settlement of Tzarabad, noted for the production and manufacture of silk, which have been carried on here for several centuries.

Numaxtia

Numaxtia, an ancient city of Spain, capital of the Arevaci, supposed to have been in His-pania Tarraconensis, on the present site of Puentc de Don Guarray, on the Douro, 3 m. N. of Soria, Old Castile. It was the most important place in all Celtiberia. After the fall of Carthage (146 B. C), the Numantines resolved not to surrender to the Romans, and defeated in succession (140-137) Quintus Pom-peius, Popillius, Mancinus, and Lepidus, who were sent against them. Finally, Scipio Afri-canus the younger besieged them with 60,000 men. The Numantines, who numbered no more than 4,000 men able to bear arms, held out for 14 months, when, their provisions being exhausted and their sources of supply cut off, they set fire to their houses and killed their wives, their children, and themselves (133 B. C).