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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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CMAIDES	POPL	25 08 N	105 51 W	702	02
CMAINOBABI, CERRO	MT	30 12 N	110 32 W	702	02
CHAIREL, LAGUNA DE	LAGN	22 17 N	97 57 W	702	02
CHAIREL, LAGUNA DEL SEE
 CHAIREL, LAGUNA DE	LAGN	22 17 N	97 57 W	702	00
CHAIRET, LAGUNA DE SEE
 CHAIREL, LAGUNA DE	LAGN	22 17 N	97 57 W	702	00
CMAJEL SEE CHEJEL	POPL	15 58 N	92 16 W	702	00
CMAJUL, RÍO	STRN	16 06 N	90 57 W	702	02
CMAK	POPL	20 15 N	89 44 W	702	01
CHAL, ISLA SEE TECHAL, ISLA DE	ISL	19 20 N	87 30 W	702	00
CHALACA	POPL	27 43 N	107 07 W	702	02
CHALACATEPEC, PUNTA	PT	19 39 N	105 16 W	702	01
CHALAHUIAPA	POPL	20 55 N	98 12 W	702	01
CHALAHUILLAPA SEE CHALAHUIAPA	POPL	20 55 N	98 12 W	702	00
CHALAHUITE	POPL	21 04 N	97 32 W	702	02
CHALAHUITE SEE EL CHALAHUITE	POPL	21 24 N	98 36 W	702	00
CHALAHUITE	HILL	21 38 N	97 46 W	702	01
CHALANTÉ	POPL	20 52 N	88 58 W	702	01
CHALA QUITA, PUNTA SEE
 ROCA NEGRA, PUNTA	PT	19 45 N	105 20 W	702	00
CHALATE SEE LOS CHALATES	POPL	24 01 N	106 41 W	702	00
CHALATE	POPL	27 52 N	108 49 W	702	02
CHALCACINGO SEE CHALCATZINGO	POPL	18 41 N	98 46 W	702	00
CHALCALAPA SEE CHACALAPA	POPL	16 39 N	98 40 W	702	00
CHALCALONGO SEE
 CHALCATONGO DE HIDALGO	POPL	17 02 N	97 35 W	702	00
CHALCATONGO SEE
 CHALCATONGO DE HIDALGO	POPL	17 02 N	97 35 W	702	00
CHALCATONGO DE HIDALGO	POPL	17 02 N	97 35 W	702	01
CHALCATZINGO	POPL	18 41 N	98 46 W	702	01
CHALCHICOMULA SEE CIUDAD SERDÁN	POPL	18 59 N	97 27 W	702	00
CHALCHIMUA, CERRO	MT	17 21 N	99 21 W	702	01
CHALCHIMUATAN SEE CHALCHIMUITÁN	POPL	17 00 N	92 40 W	702	00
CHALCHIMUITÁN	POPL	17 00 N	92 40 W	702	01
CHALCHIMUITE, LAGUNA DE	LAKE	29 33 N	107 48 W	702	02
CHALCHIMUITES	POPL	22 42 N	104 29 W	702	02
CHALCHIMUITES	POPL	23 29 N	103 53 W	702	02

CHALCHIJUITES, SIERRA	MTS	29 33 N	107 50 W	702	02
CHALCHIJAPA, RÍO SEE
CHALCHIJAPAN, RÍO	STRM	17 27 N	94 50 W	702	00
CHALCHIJAPAN	POPL	17 27 N	94 51 W	702	00
CHALCHIJAPAN, RÍO	STRM	17 27 N	94 50 W	702	01
CHALCO SEE
CHALCO DE DÍAZ COVARRUBIAS	POPL	19 16 N	98 54 W	702	00
CHALCO DE DÍAZ COVARRUBIAS	POPL	19 16 N	98 54 W	702	01
CHALCOMULCO	POPL	18 02 N	94 47 W	702	01
CHALÍA	POPL	30 43 N	110 47 W	702	02
CHALIGUEY SEE CHALIMUEY	POPL	22 43 N	104 04 W	702	00
CHALIMUEY	POPL	22 43 N	104 04 W	702	02
CHALINGO	POPL	21 07 N	98 14 W	702	01
CHALIPA	POPL	18 44 N	103 45 W	702	01
CHALMA SEE SAN DIEGO CHALMA	POPL	18 26 N	97 21 W	702	00
CHALMA	POPL	18 40 N	98 32 W	702	01
CHALMA	POPL	18 55 N	99 26 W	702	02
CHALMA SEE SANTA ISABEL CHALMA	POPL	19 09 N	98 46 W	702	00
CHALMA	POPL	20 54 N	98 41 W	702	01
CHALMA	POPL	21 13 N	98 24 W	702	01
CHALMITA	POPL	18 57 N	99 24 W	702	01
CHALMUCH SEE CHALMULCH	POPL	20 58 N	89 44 W	702	00
CHALMULCH	POPL	20 58 N	89 44 W	702	01
CHALPAN, LAGUNA	LAKE	18 32 N	96 00 W	702	01
CHALTUNHA, CENOTE SEE
CHOLTUNHA, CENOTE	SINK	21 13 N	88 42 W	702	00
CHALZENTLA	POPL	20 02 N	97 18 W	702	01
CHALZONTLA SEE CHALZENTLA	POPL	20 02 N	97 18 W	702	00
CHAMÁCUARO	POPL	20 07 N	100 50 W	702	01
CHAMÁCUARO	RSTA	20 07 N	100 50 W	702	01
CHAMACUERA	POPL	21 35 N	100 28 W	702	01
CHAMACUERO SEE CHAMÁCUERO	POPL	20 07 N	100 50 W	702	00
CHAMACUERO	POPL	21 14 N	102 24 W	702	01
CHAMACUERO SEE CHAMACUERA	POPL	21 35 N	100 28 W	702	00
CHAMACUERO	POPL	25 11 N	106 02 W	702	02
CHAMACUERO	POPL	28 14 N	100 53 W	702	02
CHAMACUERO, CERRO	MT	25 09 N	106 07 W	702	02
CHAMACUERO DE COMONFORT SEE
COMONFORT	POPL	20 43 N	100 46 W	702	00

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