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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.

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POPL	18 55 N	98 02 W	702	01
ALPATLÁHUAC
ALPISAHUA, RÍO	STRM	20 05 N	104 52 W	702	01
ALPISAHUA, RÍO SEE
ALPISAHUA, RÍO	STRM	20 05 N	104 52 W	702	00
ALPOYECA	POPL	17 40 N	98 31 W	702	01
ALPUJARRAS	POPL	15 05 N	92 09 W	702	01

ALPUYECA	POPL	18 44 N	99 16 W	702	01
ALQUITRÁN, CERRO	MT	17 24 N	99 31 W	702	01
ALQUIZAPAN	POPL	18 30 N	97 45 W	702	01
ALSESECA SEE SANTIAGO ALSESECA	POPL	18 50 N	97 41 W	702	00
ALSESECA	RSTA	18 50 N	97 44 W	702	01

ALTA, LOMA	HILL	27 14 N	102 16 W	702	02
ALTA, LOMA	HILL	32 23 N	116 41 W	702	02
ALTA, LOMA	MT	19 54 N	98 00 W	702	01
ALTA, MESA	MESA	30 59 N	116 13 W	702	02
ALTA, PEÑA SEE PEÑA ALTA, CERRO	MT	20 11 N	98 46 W	702	00

ALTA CUESTA	POPL	29 21 N	104 20 W	702	02
ALTAIRES, LOMA DE LOS SEE
ALTARES, LOMAS DE LOS	MTS	28 54 N	103 22 W	702	00
ALTA LUZ	RSTA	18 50 N	97 16 W	702	01
ALTAMIRA SEE ALTAMISA	POPL	15 47 N	92 05 W	702	00
ALTAMIRA	POPL	17 50 N	89 49 W	702	01

ALTAMIRA	POPL	17 57 N	89 32 W	702	01
ALTAMIRA	POPL	20 45 N	89 55 W	702	01
ALTAMIRA	POPL	22 24 N	97 55 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA	POPL	23 23 N	102 59 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA	POPL	25 33 N	99 20 W	702	02

ALTAMIRA	POPL	25 49 N	105 24 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA	POPL	26 44 N	105 32 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA	POPL	26 52 N	102 04 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA, CERRO	MT	22 15 N	102 07 W	702	02
ALTAMIRA, LAGUNA DE	MRSH	22 24 N	98 00 W	702	02

ALTAMIRANO	POPL	16 53 N	92 09 W	702	01
ALTAMIRANO	POPL	20 44 N	101 57 W	702	01
ALTAMIRANO	POPL	28 42 N	107 11 W	702	02
ALTAMIRANO, CERRO	MT	19 58 N	100 08 W	702	01
ALTAMISA	POPL	15 47 N	92 05 W	702	02

ALTAMURA, ESTERO DE	STR	25 00 N	108 08 W	702	02

	ISL	25 00 N	108 10 W	702	02
ALTAMURA, ISLA
ALTAMURA, ISLA DE SEE
ALTAMURA, ISLA	ISL	25 00 N	108 10 W	702	00
ALTAMURA, PUNTA	PT	24 54 N	108 08 W	702	02
ALTAR	POPL	29 30 N	110 12 W	702	02
ALTAR	POPL	30 43 N	111 44 W	702	02
ALTAR, RÍO	STRM	30 39 N	111 53 W	702	02
ALTARES SEE LOS ALTARES	POPL	24 23 N	105 53 W	702	00
ALTARES, CERRO	MT	24 59 N	105 55 W	702	02
ALTARES, LOMAS DE LOS	MTS	28 54 N	103 22 W	702	02
ALTAS	POPL	23 14 N	106 05 W	702	02
ALTAS DE IBARRA SEE ALTOS DE IBARRA	POPL	21 26 N	101 34 W	702	00
ALTATA	POPL	24 38 N	107 55 W	702	02
ALTATES, CERRO SEE ALTARES, CERRO	MT	24 59 N	105 55 W	702	00
ALTAVISTA	RSTA	25 39 N	99 41 W	702	02
ALTEJAR SEE EL ALTEJAR	POPL	16 30 N	92 59 W	702	00
ALTEPEC SEE SAN JUAN ATEPEC	POPL	17 25 N	96 32 W	702	00
ALTEPEPAN	POPL	19 55 N	97 00 W	702	01
ALTEPEXI	POPL	18 21 N	97 19 W	702	01
ALTEPEXI	RSTA	18 22 N	97 18 W	702	01
ALTERES, ARROYO DE LOS	STRM	29 00 N	103 18 W	702	02
ALTEROS, ARROYO DE LOS SEE
ALTERES, ARROYO DE LOS	STRM	29 00 N	103 18 W	702	00
ALTISIMO, CERRO SEE ALTO, CERRO	HILL	22 41 N	103 19 W	702	00
ALTLIHUAYAN SEE ATLIHUAYAN	POPL	18 51 N	99 05 W	702	00
ALTO SEE SAN PEDRO EL ALTO	POPL	16 01 N	96 28 W	702	00
ALTO SFE SAN PEDRO EL ALTO	POPL	16 48 N	97 03 W	702	00
ALTO SEE SAN ANTONINO EL ALTO	POPL	16 49 N	97 02 W	702	00
ALTO SEE SAN ANDRÉS EL ALTO	POPL	16 52 N	97 04 W	702	00
ALTO SEE EL ALTO	POPL	25 00 N	99 34 W	702	00
ALTO, CABO	CAPE	21 31 N	106 30 W	702	01
ALTO, CERRO	HILL	22 41 N	103 19 W	702	02
ALTO, CERRO	MT	17 57 N	100 14 W	702	01
ALTO, CERRO	MT	26 45 N	105 51 W	702	02
ALTO BONITO	POPL	26 11 N	98 58 W	702	02
ALTO BONITO	POPL	27 21 N	99 42 W	702	02
ALTO DE CANUAS, CERRO	MT	22 58 N	99 20 W	702	02
ALTO DE LAS BOCAS, PICACHO SEE
BOCAS NUMERO DOS, CERRO	MT	24 36 N	101 34 W	702	00

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