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NIS Gazetteer Mexico

Central Intelligence Agency · 2025-08-25 · 757 pages · text by 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. 72 …RIO GRANDE (TEXAS) STRM 25 55 N 97 09 W 702 01 BRAZO SEE EL BRAZO…
  • p. 385 …PAIS SEE LA BREÑA REGN 24 15 N 104 20 W 702 00 MALUCO SEE EL…
RSTA	17 35 N	91 18 W	702	00	MADERA	RSTA	23 57 N	99 11 W	702	02
MACTUM SEE MACTUN
MACTUN	RSTA	17 35 N	91 18 W	702	01	MADERA SEE MADERO	RSTA	25 42 N	102 13 W	702	00
MACUA SEE SANTA MARÍA MACUA	POPL	20 08 N	99 29 W	702	00	MADERA, ARROYO DE LA SEE
MACUA	RSTA	19 40 N	98 34 W	702	01	LA MADERA, ARROYO DE	STRM	28 35 N	106 53 W	702	00
MACUALA	POPL	21 34 N	100 18 W	702	00	MADERA, CANÓN DE LA	CNYN	27 03 N	102 34 W	702	02
 MADERA, MUNICIPIO DE	ADMD	29 30 N	108 20 W	702	00
MACUATA SEE MACUALA	POPL	21 34 N	100 18 W	702	00
MACUATO, LAGUNA SEE SALADA, LAGUNA	LAKE	32 20 N	115 40 W	702	00	MADERA, SIERRA DE LA	MTS	27 07 N	102 37 W	702	02
MACUAUTITLÁN	POPL	19 57 N	105 02 W	702	01	MADERA, SIERRA DE LA	MTS	30 20 N	108 52 W	702	02
MACUIL SEE MACUILE	POPL	18 10 N	95 11 W	702	00	MADERA, SIERRA DE LA	MTS	30 39 N	110 42 W	702	02
MACUILACATL	POPL	18 58 N	97 07 W	702	01	MADEREROS	POPL	18 44 N	96 15 W	702	01
 MADEREROS	RSTA	18 44 N	96 11 W	702	01
MACUILAPA	POPL	16 29 N	94 00 W	702	01
MACUILCA	POPL	18 39 N	96 55 W	702	01	MADERO	RSTA	25 42 N	102 13 W	702	02
MACUILE SEE LOS MACUILES	POPL	18 01 N	95 37 W	702	00	MADERO AMARILLO	POPL	24 46 N	111 57 W	702	02
MACUILE	POPL	18 10 N	95 11 W	702	01	MADHO	POPL	20 30 N	99 22 W	702	01
MACUILTIANGUIS SEE MADO	POPL	19 58 N	99 46 W	702	01
SAN PABLO MACUILTIANGUIS	POPL	17 34 N	96 34 W	702	00	MADRE, LAGUNA	LAGN	25 00 N	97 40 W	702	02

MACUILTLANGUIS SEE
SAN PABLO MACUILTIANGUIS	POPL	17 34 N	96 34 W	702	00	MADRE, LAGUNA	LAGN	25 00 N	97 40 W	702	00
MACUILZOCHIL SEE
SAN MATEO MACUILZOCHIL	POPL	17 01 N	96 32 W	702	00	MADRE, SIERRA SEE
MACUILZOCHIL SEE SOCONUSCO, SIERRA DE	MT	15 30 N	92 35 W	702	00
SAN MATEO MACUILZOCHIL	POPL	17 01 N	96 32 W	702	00	MADRE, SIERRA	MTS	16 48 N	94 32 W	702	01
MACULA SEE MACUALA	POPL	21 34 N	100 18 W	702	00	MADRE, SIERRA SEE	MTS	22 45 N	99 18 W	702	02
MACULTEPEC	POPL	18 10 N	92 50 W	702	01	MADRE OCCIDENTAL, SIERRA	MTS	25 00 N	105 00 W	702	00

MACUÑA	POPL	25 13 N	99 14 W	702	02	MADRE, SIERRA	MTS	25 40 N	100 30 W	702	02
MACUSPANA	POPL	17 46 N	92 36 W	702	02	MADRE, SIERRA	MTS	29 57 N	108 11 W	702	02
MACUSPANA, RÍO	STRM	17 42 N	92 26 W	702	01	MADRE DEL SUR, SIERRA	MTS	17 00 N	100 00 W	702	01
MACUYÚ	POPL	25 23 N	101 37 W	702	02	MADRE MÍA	POPL	16 08 N	93 39 W	702	01
MADAGASCAR	POPL	17 30 N	92 47 W	702	01	MADRE OCCIDENTAL, SIERRA	MTS	25 00 N	105 00 W	702	00

MADAGASCAR, ARRECIFE	REEF	21 26 N	90 17 W	702	01	MADRE ORIENTAL, SIERRA	MTS	22 00 N	99 30 W	702	00
MADAGASCAR, MAJO SEE MADRE ORIENTAL, SIERRA SEE
MADAGASCAR, ARRECIFE	REEF	21 26 N	90 17 W	702	00	MADRE VIEJA, RÍO	MTS	25 40 N	100 30 W	702	00
MADEIRA, LAGUNA	LAKE	20 42 N	87 36 W	702	01	MADRE VIEJA, RÍO	STRM	15 16 N	92 57 W	702	01
MADERA SEE MADERA, MUNICIPIAL DE	ADMD	29 30 N	108 20 W	702	00	MADRID SEE LA MADRID	RSTA	19 06 N	103 52 W	702	00
MADERA SEE LA MADRIA	POPL	25 47 N	97 44 W	702	00	MADRONO SEE MADRONO DE AMOLES	POPL	21 06 N	99 42 W	702	00

MADERA	POPL	28 05 N	109 31 W	702	02	MADRONO SEE EL MADRONO	POPL	21 19 N	99 08 W	702	00
MADERA	POPL	29 12 N	108 07 W	702	02	MADRONO SEE EL MADRONO	POPL	22 31 N	102 41 W	702	00
MADERA	RSTA	19 54 N	100 17 W	702	01	MADRONO, ARROYO DEL	STRM	29 19 N	106 22 W	702	02

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