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NIS Gazetteer Mexico

Central Intelligence Agency · 2025-08-25 · 757 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is the National Intelligence Survey Gazetteer for Mexico, published by the Central Intelligence Agency in March 1956 and prepared by the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior. It contains about 53,000 entries for places and features in Mexico. It gives official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names along with unapproved variant names, and lists coordinates, feature designations and map references. It is marked for official use only and has no UFO content.

  • p. 16 …N 105 05 W 702 01 AGUA DULCE POPL 18 08 N 94 08 W 702…
  • p. 17 AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE AGUA DULCE…
  • p. 114 …N 101 13 W 702 02 CHARCO DULCE POPL 25 51 N 97 13 W 702…
  • p. 174 …DULCE NOMBRE POPL 25 44 N 106 43 W 702 02 DULCE NOMBRES SEE DULCE NOMBRE…
  • p. 289 …107 17 W 702 00 JOBITO DULCE SEE JOBO DULCE POPL 16 28 N 93 24…
  • p. 310 …54 W 702 01 LA DULCE SEE NORIA LA DULCE POPL 22 59 N 102 11…
  • p. 421 …NANCHE DULCE SEE NANCHE POPL 15 47 N 96 27 W 702 00 NANCHE DULCE POPL…
  • p. 423 …N 98 31 W 702 02 NARANJO DULCE POPL 20 51 N 97 56 W 702…
  • p. 430 …102 43 W 702 00 NORIA LA DULCE POPL 22 59 N 102 11 W 702…
  • p. 437 …94 52 W 702 01 OJITOS, AGUA DULCE MT 28 29 N 105 47 W 702…
  • p. 454 …02 PALO DULCE POPL 17 25 N 95 04 W 702 01 PALO DULCE POPL 18…
  • p. 456 …N 102 09 W 702 01 PALOS DULCES POPL 24 20 N 106 55 W 702…
  • p. 610 …43 W 702 01 SAN SEBASTIÁN RIO DULCE POPL 16 49 N 97 05 W 702…

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POPL	20 34 N	98 18 W	702	01	CERRO LARGO	POPL	15 52 N	96 04 W	702	02
CERRO CHATO	POPL	18 48 N	95 54 W	702	01	CERRO MOJARRA	POPL	18 24 N	96 36 W	702	01
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	19 18 N	102 32 W	702	01	CERRO NEGRO	POPL	20 30 N	98 12 W	702	01
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	20 53 N	102 49 W	702	01	CERRO PAUTLA	POPL	17 48 N	101 34 W	702	01
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	26 41 N	106 35 W	702	02	CERRO PELÓN	POPL	29 25 N	110 48 W	702	02

CERRO COLORADO	POPL	26 45 N	108 47 W	702	02	CERRO PELÓN	RSTA	21 05 N	104 50 W	702	02
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	26 46 N	107 48 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	17 57 N	97 12 W	702	01
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	26 58 N	106 35 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	20 42 N	99 37 W	702	01
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	27 40 N	108 33 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	22 15 N	101 19 W	707	02
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	28 19 N	109 27 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	22 33 N	102 48 W	702	02

CERRO COLORADO SEE CERRITO COLORADO	POPL	28 49 N	108 34 W	702	00	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	22 49 N	102 49 W	702	02
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	29 28 N	110 38 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	23 46 N	106 00 W	702	02
CERRO COLORADO	POPL	29 40 N	110 34 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	24 13 N	105 23 W	702	02
CERRO DE LA INDIA	POPL	18 11 N	95 53 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	24 34 N	102 37 W	702	02
CERRO DEL AIRE SEE CERRITO DEL AIRE	POPL	23 36 N	100 14 W	702	00	CERRO PRIETO SEE CERRITO PRIETO	POPL	24 57 N	99 23 W	702	00

CERRO DE LA VIRGEN	POPL	21 41 N	100 35 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	26 19 N	106 11 W	702	02
CERRO DEL CARBÓN	POPL	20 25 N	97 18 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	27 01 N	106 35 W	702	02
CERRO DEL DIABLO	POPL	20 49 N	101 43 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	27 27 N	105 33 W	702	02
CERRO DE LESÓN	POPL	19 38 N	97 11 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	28 15 N	107 08 W	702	02
CERRO DEL MUNECO SEE EL MUNECO	POPL	20 22 N	98 07 W	702	00	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	30 28 N	110 38 W	702	02

CERRO DEL ORO SEE CERRRO DE ORO	POPL	21 22 N	97 37 W	702	00	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	30 32 N	111 45 W	702	02
CERRO DE ORO	POPL	21 22 N	97 37 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	31 54 N	112 59 W	702	02
CERRO DE PIEDRA	POPL	20 41 N	97 50 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO	POPL	32 31 N	116 16 W	702	02
CERRO DE SAN PEDRO	POPL	22 13 N	100 49 W	702	02	CERRO PRIETO SEE
CERRO DE VIDRIO	POPL	18 16 N	95 12 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	32 27 N	115 17 W	702	00
 CERPO PRIETO, CANAL DE	CNAL	32 27 N	115 18 W	702	02
CERRO GORDO	POPL	19 09 N	100 07 W	702	01
CERRO GORDO	POPL	19 34 N	96 39 W	702	01	CERRO PRIETO, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	32 27 N	115 17 W	702	02
CERRO GORDO	POPL	20 23 N	99 54 W	702	01	CERROS SEE CERRROS BLANCOS	POPL	23 21 N	100 12 W	702	00
CERRO GORDO	POPL	20 35 N	101 08 W	702	01	CERROS SEE CEDROS, ISLA	ISL	28 12 N	115 15 W	702	00
CERRO GORDO	POPL	20 40 N	98 19 W	702	01	CERRO SANTO	POPL	17 12 N	93 20 W	702	01
 CERROS BLANCOS	POPL	22 33 N	100 05 W	702	02
CERRO GORDO	POPL	20 43 N	102 19 W	702	01
CERRO GORDO	POPL	22 59 N	100 03 W	702	02	CERROS BLANCOS	POPL	23 21 N	100 12 W	702	02
CERRO GORDO	POPL	23 15 N	101 09 W	702	02	CERROS COATES SEE CERRROS CUATES	POPL	26 37 N	105 35 W	702	00
CERRO GORDO	POPL	24 38 N	101 39 W	702	02	CERRUS COLORADOS	POPL	26 58 N	104 37 W	702	02
CERRO GORDO, ARROYO DE	STRM	26 49 N	103 54 W	702	02	CERROS COLORADOS, SIERRA	MTS	31 01 N	108 05 W	702	02
 CERRUS COLORADOS ABAJO	POPL	29 04 N	104 07 W	702	02
CERRO GRANDE	POPL	18 14 N	95 10 W	702	01
CERRO HUECO	POPL	16 44 N	93 05 W	702	01	CERRUS COLORADOS ARRIBA	POPL	29 06 N	104 07 W	702	02

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