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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. 5 …headland REP republic HILL hill RMTH stream mouth HLLS hills, range of hills RNCH ranch INLT…
  • p. 6 …sinkhole cerrito(s) mountain(s) cerro mountain, hill charco pond ciénaga, ciénega swamp cordón mountains crestón…
  • p. 7 …lagoon peña mountain peñasco hill península peninsula picacho(s) mountain(s), hill(s) pico(s) mountain…
  • p. 8 …98 09 W 702 00 ABREGO, CERRO HILL 23 16 N 103 25 W 702 02…
  • p. 21 …111 25 W 702 02 ÁGUILA, CERRO HILL 22 35 N 102 49 W 702 02…
  • p. 30 …ALTA, LOMA HILL 27 14 N 102 16 W 702 02 ALTA, LOMA HILL 32 23…
  • p. 31 …100 38 W 702 02 ALVARES, LOMA HILL 32 27 N 116 59 W 702 02…
  • p. 35 …102 35 W 702 00 ÁNGEL, CERRO HILL 22 49 N 102 34 W 702 02…
  • p. 40 …LA HILL 22 17 N 102 35 W 702 00 ARDILLA, CERRO LA HILL 22 17…
  • p. 44 …116 05 W 702 02 ARROYO SECO HILL 32 23 N 116 36 W 702 02…
  • p. 49 RSTA 27 16 N 103 36 W 702 02 ATRAVESADA HILL 27 30 N 103 02…
  • p. 50 …97 09 W 702 01 AYAHUIL, CERRO HILL 21 27 N 97 47 W 702 02…
  • p. 57 …110 25 W 702 02 BALLENA, LOMA HILL 26 16 N 102 36 W 702 02…
  • p. 66 …BLANCO, CERRO HILL 23 20 N 103 10 W 702 02 BLANCO, CERRO HILL 26 56…
  • p. 67 …115 27 W 702 02 BLANCO, MONTE HILL 32 28 N 116 38 W 702 02…
  • p. 69 …87 27 W 702 00 BOLUDO, CERRO HILL 26 40 N 100 38 W 702 02…
  • p. 78 …W 702 00 CABEZA DE PERRO, CERRO HILL 17 18 N 100 29 W 702 01…
  • p. 79 …100 47 W 702 01 CACALOTE, CERRO HILL 23 17 N 103 07 W 702 02…
  • p. 85 …99 38 W 702 01 CALPULALPAN+ CERRO HILL 22 28 N 103 58 W 702 02…
  • p. 87 …106 17 W 702 02 CAMPANA, CERRO HILL 23 26 N 103 32 W 702 02…
  • p. 93 …96 27 W 702 00 CALPULALPAN, CERRO HILL 22 28 N 103 58 W 702 00…
  • p. 95 …90 47 W 702 01 CARIBE, CERRO HILL 16 16 N 91 03 W 702 01…
  • p. 98 …100 03 W 702 01 CARRIZAL, CERRO HILL 26 43 N 100 36 W 702 02…
  • p. 104 …99 19 W 702 00 CÉBORUCO, VOLCÁN HILL 21 09 N 104 30 W 702 01
  • p. 111 …N 98 36 W 702 00 CHALAHUITE HILL 21 38 N 97 46 W 702 01…
  • p. 119 …N 96 29 W 702 00 CHICOMOSTOC HILL 22 28 N 102 49 W 702 02…
  • p. 122 …W 702 01 CHINA, CERRO DE LA HILL 22 17 N 102 43 W 702 02…
  • p. 123 …54 W 702 02 CHINO, LOMA DEL HILL 27 37 N 99 59 W 702 02…
  • p. 143 …99 29 W 702 00 COLORADO, CERRO HILL 22 22 N 103 18 W 702 02…
  • p. 155 …03 N 95 58 W 702 00 HILL 23 01 N 103 02 W 702 02…
  • p. 166 …104 55 W 702 02 CULEBRAS, CERRO HILL 19 52 N 96 55 W 702 01…
  • p. 167 …106 16 W 702 00 CUNA· CERRO HILL 22 34 N 102 13 W 702 02…
  • p. 170 …09 W 702 02 DESIERTO, CERRO DEL HILL 26 45 N 104 29 W 702 02…
  • p. 171 …702 02 DEVISADORA, LOMA SEE DIVISADORA, LOMA HILL 27 44 N 102 31 W 702 00…
  • p. 172 …101 54 W 702 02 DIVISADORA, LOMA HILL 27 44 N 102 31 W 702 02…
  • p. 182 …98 50 W 702 02 EL BURRO HILL 32 10 N 116 28 W 702 02…
  • p. 187 …00 EL CHIVO SEE EL CHIVO, CERRITO HILL 23 04 N 103 20 W 702 02…
  • p. 188 HILL 32 10 N 116 03 W 702 02 EL CIRUELO POPL 20 19 N 97…
  • p. 227 …99 54 W 702 00 ENCINO MOCHO HILL 22 39 N 102 55 W 702 02…
  • p. 236 …105 13 W 702 00 FANFARRÓN, CERRO HILL 22 05 N 102 51 W 702 02…
  • p. 238 …102 11 W 702 02 FRAGUA, PICACHO HILL 23 02 N 103 34 W 702 02…
  • p. 239 …106 05 W 702 00 FRAILE, CERRO HILL 22 46 N 103 15 N 702 02…
  • p. 241 …11 W 702 02 GALERA LOPEÑA GACHUPINES HILL 22 47 N 102 32 W 702 02…
  • p. 245 …44 W 702 02 GEMELAS • CERRO LAS HILL 16 09 N 91 02 W 702 01…
  • p. 275 …N 106 51 W 702 02 HUIZONTLA HILL 20 53 N 97 33 W 702 01…
  • p. 309 POPL 28 20 N 106 02 W 702 02 LA CUESTA HILL 32 30 N 117…
  • p. 317 …06 W 702 02 LAGUNA PRIETA, CERRO HILL 32 17 N 114 34 W 702 02…
  • p. 331 …W 702 01 PARIDA, CERRO DE LA HILL 26 19 N 103 13 W 702 00…
  • p. 335 …22 W 702 02 LA PUIRTA+ CERRO HILL 22 09 N 103 50 W 702 02…
  • p. 337 …98 10 W 702 02 LARGA+ LOMA HILL 26 23 N 103 15 W 702 02…
  • p. 344 HILL 16 09 N 91 02 W 702 00 POPL 26 43 N 100 30 W…
  • p. 357 POPL 30 52 N 112 13 W 702 02 LA ZORRA HILL 32 08 N 116…
  • p. 370 …109 25 W 702 00 LOS FRAILES HILL 23 52 N 106 04 W 702 00
  • p. 373 …LOS MARGARITOS, CERRO SEE MARGARITOS, CERRO LOS HILL 26 31 N 104 03 W 702 00…
  • p. 380 …01 W 702 02 MACHO, CERRO DEL HILL 32 29 N 116 46 W 702 02…
  • p. 383 …N 106 20 W 702 00 MAGISTRAL HILL 22 47 N 102 35 W 702 02…
  • p. 390 …N 99 00 W 702 00 MARTILLO HILL 21 58 N 97 58 W 702 04…
  • p. 408 …N 100 27 W 702 02 MIXCOAC HILL 19 23 N 99 11 W 702 01…
  • p. 410 …N 95 03 W 702 01 MOGOR HILL 32 01 N 116 36 W 702 02…
  • p. 439 …W 702 02 OJO DE AGUA+ CERRO HILL 22 12 N 103 54 W 702 02…

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IXTACOATLA	POPL	21 02 N	98 45 W	702	01
IXTACOMITÁN	POPL	17 25 N	93 06 W	702	01
IXTACOYOTLA SEE IT2TACOYOTLA	POPL	20 49 N	98 49 W	702	00
IXTACTENANGO	POPL	19 46 N	97 42 W	702	01
IXTACUISTLA SEE SAN FELIPE IXTACUIXTLA	POPL	19 20 N	98 22 W	702	00
IXTACUIXTLA SEE SAN FELIPE IXTACUIXTLA	POPL	19 20 N	98 22 W	702	00
IXTACZOQUITLÁN	POPL	18 51 N	97 04 W	702	01
IXTAPIAYUCA	POPL	19 32 N	98 30 W	702	01
IXTAGUA SEE IXTAHUA	POPL	23 48 N	106 17 W	702	00
IXTAHUA	POPL	23 48 N	106 17 W	702	02
IXTAMUACAN	POPL	19 21 N	99 01 W	702	01
IXTAL	POPL	15 01 N	92 09 W	702	01
IXTALA	POPL	18 46 N	103 07 W	702	01
IXTALPA	POPL	22 21 N	104 26 W	702	02
IXTALTEPEC	POPL	16 18 N	94 08 W	702	01
IXTALTEPEC SEE ASUNCIÓN IXTALTEPEC	POPL	16 30 N	95 03 W	702	00
IXTALTEPEC	POPL	17 02 N	96 34 W	702	01
IXTAMAPAN	POPL	17 57 N	95 09 W	702	01
IXTAMCHAPA SEE IXTAMICHAPA	POPL	20 48 N	98 58 W	702	00
IXTAMICHAPA	POPL	20 48 N	98 58 W	702	01
IXTANANGUE	POPL	16 54 N	94 45 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	16 48 N	92 55 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	17 30 N	97 32 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	18 02 N	97 49 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	18 31 N	99 35 W	702	01
IXTAPA SEE SAN JOSE IXTAPA	POPL	18 43 N	97 28 W	702	00
IXTAPA	POPL	20 42 N	105 15 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	21 19 N	105 10 W	702	01
IXTAPA	POPL	21 26 N	104 30 W	702	01
IXTAPA·PUNTA	PT	17 39 N	101 40 W	702	01
IXTAPA·RÍO SEE IXTAPA·RÍO DE	STRM	17 42 N	101 39 W	702	00
IXTAPA·RÍO DE	STRM	17 42 N	101 39 W	702	01
IXTAPA·RÍO DE SEE IXTAPAN·RÍO	STRM	19 10 N	100 17 W	702	00
IXTAPA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN SEE IXTAPA	POPL	21 19 N	105 10 W	702	00
IXTAPALAPA	POPL	19 21 N	99 06 W	702	01
IXTAPALUACAN SEE SAN RAFAEL IXTAPALUCA	POPL	19 17 N	98 33 W	702	00

IXTAPALUCA SEE
SAN RAFAEL IXTAPALUCA	POPL	19 17 N	98 33 W	702	00
IXTAPALUCA	POPL	19 19 N	98 53 W	702	02
IXTAPAN SEE SAN JOSÉ IXTAPAN	POPL	16 22 N	97 17 W	702	00
IXTAPAN SEE IXTAPAN DEL ORO	POPL	18 48 N	100 08 W	702	00
IXTAPAN SEE SANTA ISABEL IXTAPAN	POPL	19 35 N	98 56 W	702	00
IXTAPAN SEE IXTAPA	POPL	21 26 N	104 30 W	702	00
IXTAPAN, RÍO	STRM	19 10 N	100 17 W	702	01
IXTAPAN DE LA SAL	POPL	18 50 N	99 41 W	702	01
IXTAPAN DEL ORO	POPL	18 48 N	100 08 W	702	01
IXTAPAN DEL ORO	POPL	19 15 N	100 15 W	702	01
IXTAPANGAJOYA	POPL	17 29 N	92 59 W	702	01
IXTAPANGOJOYA SEE IXTAPANGAJOYA	POPL	17 29 N	92 59 W	702	00
IXTAPANTONGO	POPL	19 04 N	100 15 W	702	01
IXTAPANTONGO SEE SAN JERÓNIMO IXTAPANTONGO	POPL	19 31 N	99 46 W	702	00
IXTAQUILITLA	POPL	19 06 N	97 06 W	702	01
IXTATALA SEE IXTATLALA	POPL	18 36 N	98 42 W	702	00
IXTATENGO SEE IXTACTENANGO	POPL	19 46 N	97 42 W	702	00
IXTATIAYUCA SEE IXTAFIAYUCA	POPL	19 32 N	98 30 W	702	00
IXTATLALA	POPL	18 36 N	98 42 W	702	01
IXTAYOPAN SEE SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN	POPL	19 14 N	99 01 W	702	00
IXTAYOTLA	POPL	17 53 N	100 05 W	702	01
IXTAYUCAN SEE SANTA MARÍA IXTIYUCAN	POPL	19 11 N	97 49 W	702	00
IXTAYUTLA	POPL	16 33 N	97 39 W	702	01
IXTAYUTLA, RÍO SEE SORDO, RÍO	STRM	16 30 N	97 31 W	702	00
IXTAZACUALA	POPL	20 35 N	98 51 W	702	01
IXTELJA, RÍO	STRM	17 22 N	92 11 W	702	01
IXTENCO SEE SAN JUAN IXTENCO	POPL	19 15 N	97 54 W	702	00
IXTEPEC	POPL	16 34 N	95 06 W	702	02
IXTEPEC SEE IXCATEPEC	POPL	18 57 N	99 05 W	702	00
IXTEPEC	POPL	19 02 N	97 03 W	702	01
IXTEPEC, CERRO	MT	18 26 N	100 09 W	702	01
IXTEPEJI SEE SANTA CATARINA IXTEPEJI	POPL	17 16 N	96 34 W	702	00
IXTILMACO SEE SAN JUAN IXTILMACO	POPL	19 39 N	98 26 W	702	00
IXTITÁN	POPL	23 58 N	106 20 W	702	02
IXTLA	POPL	20 38 N	100 36 W	702	01

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