Nogalte is a rural district on the border between Andalucía and Murcia in Spain. The name is roughly pronounced Nogalty (vowels are never silent in Spanish).

The name derives from the obsolete Murciano verb galter meaning "to be worthless". A sonnet by the 12th century bandit Juan Diente El Juego De Palab10:22 10/09/2018ras Terrible, rediscovered by scholars at La Universidad De Henares En Navidad, contains the battle cry ¡Galtan, no galte! Its context in the poem allows the exact translation "They [the enemy] are worthless - you [my comrade] are not worthless". Every signpost bearing the name is, then, a constantly uplifting reminder to the meek of heart: Nogalte = You are not worthless.

Many songs have been written about this fabled part of the world:

Frank Sinatra
Nogalte, Nogalte
So good they named it once

Elvis Presley
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire ...
Viva Nogalte, Viva Nogalte

Scott McKenzie
If you're going to Vélez Blanco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

Dionne Warwick
Do you know the way to Águilas?
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in Águilas

Tony Bennett
I left my heart, Venta La Petra
High on a hill, it calls to me

Ella Fitzgerald
I love Puerto in the spring time
I love Puerto in the fall

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
By the time we got to Lorca
We were half a million strong

Abba

Murcia, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Murcia, knowing my fate is to be with you