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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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CMAVIRA	POPL	27 39 N	105 12 W	702	02
CMAY	POPL	20 35 N	89 48 W	702	01
CMAYATE. LAGUNA SEE CMAYOTE. LAGUNA	MRSH	30 00 N	107 12 W	702	00
CMAYETA SEE CMAVETA	POPL	17 43 N	101 24 W	702	00
CMAYOSO	POPL	22 04 N	99 08 W	702	02
CMAYOTAL. ISLA	ISL	16 17 N	90 52 W	702	01
CMAYOTE. LAGUNA	MRSH	30 00 N	107 12 W	702	02
CMAYOTE. PUERTO DEL	PASS	30 00 N	107 15 W	702	02
CMAYUCO	POPL	16 24 N	97 49 W	702	01
CMAYUCO SEE SAN AGUSTIN CMAYUCO	POPL	17 19 N	98 01 W	702	00
CMAZUMBA SEE SAI IAGO CMAZUMBA	POPL	18 12 N	97 40 W	702	00
CHEBALAM	POPL	20 33 N	88 25 W	702	01
CHEBALAN SEE SAN ANTONIO	POPL	20 31 N	88 22 W	702	00
CHEBALAN SEE OTIAL	POPL	20 34 N	88 26 W	702	00
CHECANCÉ	POPL	15 14 N	92 14 W	702	01
CHECHU SEE CHACMUCHUCH	POPL	21 17 N	86 92 W	702	00
CHECUBUL SEE CHEKUBUL	POPL	18 51 N	90 58 W	702	00
CHEHUAYO SEE CHEHUAYO GRANDE	POPL	19 54 N	101 04 W	702	00
CHEHUAYO GRANDE	POPL	19 54 N	101 04 W	702	01
CHEJEL	POPL	19 58 N	92 16 W	702	01
CHEKÉ	POPL	19 50 N	90 22 W	702	01
CHEKEKEN SEE CHENKEKEN	POPL	20 38 N	89 42 W	702	00
CHEKUBAL SEE CHEKUBUL	SITE	19 40 N	89 09 W	702	00
CHEKUBIL SEE CHEKUBUL	SITE	19 40 N	89 09 W	702	00
CHEKUBUL	POPL	18 51 N	90 58 W	702	01
CHEKUBUL	SITE	19 40 N	89 09 W	702	01
CHEL	POPL	21 00 N	89 49 W	702	01
CHELE	POPL	23 13 N	105 53 W	702	02
CHELEM	POPL	21 16 N	89 45 W	702	01
CHELEM	SITE	18 12 N	87 53 W	702	01
CHELEM. CAYO	ISL	18 12 N	87 55 W	702	01
CHELEN SEE CHELEM	POPL	21 16 N	89 45 W	702	00
CHELEN. CAYO SEE CHELEM. CAYO	ISL	18 12 N	87 55 W	702	00
CHEMAL	POPL	21 03 N	89 15 W	702	01
CHEMAX	POPL	20 39 N	87 56 W	702	01
CHEMBALÁN	POPL	19 38 N	89 31 W	702	01
CHENALHO	POPL	16 33 N	92 36 W	702	01

CHENCÁN SEE CHENKÁN	POPL	19 09 N	90 57 W	702	00
CHEN CASTILLA	SITE	20 56 N	90 04 W	702	01
CHEN CIMEN, CENOTE	SINK	21 21 N	88 35 W	702	01
CHEN COBRE	POPL	19 25 N	88 28 W	702	01
CHEN COMUL	SITE	20 48 N	90 08 W	702	01
CHEN COPO	POPL	21 09 N	89 50 W	702	01
CHENCOPÓ	POPL	21 04 N	89 57 W	702	01
CHENCORTADOR, AGUADA	SINK	21 28 N	88 15 W	702	01
CHENCOYÍ	POPL	19 48 N	90 14 W	702	01
CHENK SEE CHENKÚ	POPL	21 01 N	89 39 W	702	00
CHENKAC	POPL	20 34 N	89 38 W	702	01
CHENKÁN	POPL	19 09 N	90 57 W	702	02
CHENKEKEN	POPL	20 38 N	89 42 W	702	02
CHENKÚ	POPL	21 01 N	89 39 W	702	01
CHENKÚ	POPL	21 08 N	88 50 W	702	01
CHENKUO SEE CHENKÚ	POPL	21 01 N	89 39 W	702	00
CHEN LAGUNA SEE CHAN LAGUNA	POPL	18 29 N	90 12 W	702	00
CHEN VALDÉS SEE CHEN-VALDEZ	POPL	19 15 N	90 42 W	702	00
CHEN-VALDEZ	POPL	19 15 N	90 42 W	702	01
CHEPAVILTZAJ SEE CHEPAVILZAJ	MT	15 13 N	92 10 W	702	00
CHEPAVILTZAJ, CERRO SEE CHEPAVILZAJ	MT	15 13 N	92 10 W	702	00
CHEPAVILTZAJ (GUATEMALA)	MT	15 13 N	92 10 W	702	01
CHEPAVIZAJ SEE CHEPAVILZAJ	MT	15 13 N	92 10 W	702	00
CHEPINGUE SEE EL CHEPINGUE	POPL	22 25 N	102 05 W	702	00
CHERALITO SEE CHIMALITO	POPL	29 14 N	109 49 W	702	00
CHERÁN	POPL	19 41 N	101 57 W	702	01
CHERLIN	POPL	22 34 N	101 17 W	702	02
CHERO	POPL	21 16 N	101 49 W	702	01
CHERRAL	POPL	27 01 N	107 50 W	702	02
CHETULIX	POPL	20 21 N	89 42 W	702	01
CHETUMAL SEE CIUDAD CHETUMAL	POPL	18 30 N	88 18 W	702	00
CHETUMAL, BAMÍA SEE CHETUMAL BAY	BAY	18 20 N	88 05 W	702	00
CHETUMAL BAY	BAY	18 20 N	88 05 W	702	02
CHETUMUL, BAMÍA SEE CHETUMAL BAY	BAY	18 20 N	88 05 W	702	00
CHETZALÁN SEE CUETZALAN DEL PROGRESO	POPL	20 02 N	97 31 W	702	00
CHETZI	POPL	17 22 N	96 31 W	702	01

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