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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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CHAMACUEROS, CERRO SEE
CHAMACUERO, CERRO	MT	25 09 N	106 07 W	702	00
CHAMADA	POPL	28 59 N	108 52 W	702	02
CHAMAL, SIERRA DEL	MTS	22 45 N	99 15 W	702	02
CHAMAYBO	POPL	27 51 N	108 06 W	702	02
CHAMBENO	POPL	22 13 N	105 24 W	702	02
CHAMELA	POPL	19 32 N	105 05 W	702	01
CHAMELA, BAHÍA	BAY	19 33 N	105 07 W	702	01
CHAMELA, PUNTA	PT	19 30 N	105 05 W	702	01
CHAMELA, RÍO DE SEE
BALUARTE, RÍO DEL	STRM	22 49 N	106 02 W	702	00
CHAMELA BAY SEE CHAMELA, BAHÍA	BAY	19 33 N	105 07 W	702	00
CHAMETL, CERRO	MT	19 36 N	98 46 W	702	01
CHAMETLA	POPL	22 52 N	105 57 W	702	02
CHAMILA	POPL	18 58 N	103 40 W	702	01
CHAMILPA	POPL	18 09 N	94 48 W	702	01
CHAMILPA	POPL	18 58 N	99 15 W	702	01
CHAMOLA	POPL	20 58 N	98 12 W	702	01
CHAMPA	POPL	16 46 N	91 08 W	702	01
CHAMPA SEE CHAMPA LARGA	POPL	17 00 N	91 21 W	702	00
CHAMPA	POPL	17 13 N	91 37 W	702	01
CHAMPA LARGA	POPL	17 00 N	91 21 W	702	01
CHAMPAN, RÍO	STRM	18 28 N	91 31 W	702	01
CHAMPAYAN, LAGUNA SEE
ALTAMIRA, LAGUNA DE	MRSM	22 24 N	98 00 W	702	00
CHAMPETÉN, PUNTA	PT	20 01 N	90 28 W	702	01
CHAMPIN, RÍO SEE CHAMPAN, RÍO	STRM	18 28 N	91 31 W	702	00
CHAMPOTÓN	POPL	19 21 N	90 43 W	702	02
CHAMPOTÓN, BANCOS DE	BANK	19 24 N	90 53 W	702	01
CHAMPOTÓN, RÍO	STRM	19 21 N	90 43 W	702	01
CHAMPURRADAS, ISLA	ISL	25 25 N	97 27 W	702	02
CHAMPUSCO	POPL	18 48 N	98 28 W	702	01
CHAMÚ	POPL	20 01 N	101 03 W	702	01
CHAMUCH SEE SAN JOSE XKÓMAK	POPL	20 30 N	89 21 W	702	00
CHAMUCO	RSTA	19 51 N	100 25 W	702	01
CHAMULA SEE BOHOM	POPL	16 47 N	92 41 W	702	00
CHAMUSCADERO	POPL	16 03 N	97 46 W	702	01
CHANAL	POPL	16 43 N	92 24 W	702	01

CHANATE, CERRO	MT	30 50 N	111 49 W	702	02
CHAN AZUL, CENOTE	SINK	21 07 N	88 46 W	702	01
CHANCA, CERRO SEE CHANCACA, CERRO	MT	29 07 N	109 39 W	702	00
CHANCACA, CERRO	MT	29 07 N	109 39 W	702	02
CHANCALIA SEE CHANCAPLIA	POPL	27 50 N	105 41 W	702	00
CHANCAPLIA	POPL	27 50 N	105 41 W	702	02
CHANCAPLIA, LAGUNA	LAKE	27 52 N	105 39 W	702	02
CHANCAGUERO	POPL	22 57 N	100 39 W	702	02
CHAN CENOTE	POPL	20 59 N	87 47 W	702	02
CHANCHAKAN	POPL	19 50 N	89 00 W	702	01
CHAN CHEN	POPL	20 14 N	88 48 W	702	01
CHANCHÉN	POPL	20 05 N	87 46 W	702	01
CHANCHÉN	POPL	21 18 N	88 25 W	702	01
CHANDZONOT	POPL	20 48 N	88 42 W	702	01
CHANDZONOT	POPL	21 30 N	88 24 W	702	01
CHAN HALAL	SITE	20 58 N	90 06 W	702	01
CHAN KAN SEE CHANKANYUC	POPL	20 08 N	88 56 W	702	00
CHANKANYUC	POPL	20 08 N	88 56 W	702	01
CHANKIN	POPL	20 34 N	89 34 W	702	01
CHAN-KOM	POPL	20 33 N	88 31 W	702	01
CHAN LAGUNA	POPL	18 29 N	90 12 W	702	01
CHANO	POPL	16 00 N	97 09 W	702	01
CHAN POLAC, PUNTA	PT	21 07 N	90 10 W	702	01
CHANQUELITE	POPL	18 08 N	101 37 W	702	01
CHANREY	POPL	20 25 N	104 47 W	702	01
CHANTAL SEE CHANTOL	POPL	22 06 N	99 05 W	702	00
CHANTARAS SEE CHAUTOTAS	POPL	19 02 N	103 17 W	702	00
CHANTE	POPL	19 39 N	104 48 W	702	01
CHANTOL	POPL	22 06 N	99 05 W	702	02
CHANTOTÁS SEE CHAUTOTÁS	POPL	19 02 N	103 17 W	702	00
CHANTUN SEE CHACTÚN	POPL	20 50 N	89 38 W	702	00
CHAPA	POPL	16 00 N	95 33 W	702	01
CHAPA	POPL	18 19 N	99 49 W	702	01
CHAPA SEE SAN JOSE CHIAPA	POPL	19 15 N	97 46 W	702	00
CHAPAB	POPL	20 28 N	89 28 W	702	01
CHAPACHAPA	POPL	20 08 N	96 31 W	702	01
CHAPA DE MOTA	POPL	19 49 N	99 32 W	702	01

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 757 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.