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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.

MEXCALTITÁN	POPL	21 55 N	105 31 W	702	01
MEXCALTITÁN, BARRA	BAR	21 45 N	105 30 W	702	01
MEXCATITLÁN SEE MEXCALTITÁN	POPL	21 55 N	105 31 W	702	00
MEXICALCINGO SEE SAN MATEO MEXICALCINGO	POPL	19 14 N	99 34 W	702	00
MEXICALCINGO SEE MEXICALTZINGO	POPL	19 21 N	99 07 W	702	00
MEXICALI	POPL	32 40 N	115 29 W	702	02
MEXICALTZINGO SEE MEXICALTZINGO	POPL	19 21 N	99 07 W	702	00
MEXICALTZINGO SEE SAN MATEO MEXICALCINGO	POPL	19 14 N	99 34 W	702	00
MEXICALTZINGO	POPL	19 21 N	99 07 W	702	02
MEXICANA, ALTIPLANICIE (SPANISH): MEXICAN PLATEAU (CONVENTIONAL)	UPLD	24 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICANA, REPUBLICA SEE MEXICO	REP	23 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICANA, REPUBLICA SEE MEXICO	REP	23 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICANO, ALTIPLANO SEE MEXICANA, ALTIPLANICIE	UPLD	24 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICANOS	POPL	22 12 N	101 58 W	702	02
MEXICANOS, LAGUNA SEE MEXICANOS, LAGUNA DE LOS	LAKE	28 09 N	106 57 W	702	00
MEXICANOS, LAGUNA DE LOS	LAKE	28 09 N	106 57 W	702	02
MEXICAN PLATEAU SEE MEXICANA, ALTIPLANICIE	UPLD	24 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICAN REPUBLIC SEE MEXICO	REP	23 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXICAPA	POPL	18 57 N	99 19 W	702	01
MEXICAPAN	POPL	18 57 N	99 39 W	702	01
MEXICHO SEE SAN PEDRO NEXICHO MEXICO (CONVENTIONAL): ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (OFFICIAL TITLE) MÉXICO (SHORT SPANISH FORM) MEXICO SEE MÉXICO, ESTADO DE MEXICO SEE CIUDAD DE MÉXICO MÉXICO	POPL	17 16 N	96 35 W	702	00
MÉXICO	RSTA	19 24 N	99 44 W	702	01
MÉXICO, ESTADO DE MEXICO, GULFO DE SEE MEXICO, GULF OF	STAT	19 20 N	99 30 W	702	02
MEXICO, GULF OF	GULF	25 00 N	90 00 W	702	00
MEXICO, GULF OF	GULF	25 00 N	90 00 W	702	02

MÉXICO, LOMA DE MÉXICO, MESETA DE SEE MEXICANA, ALTIPLANICIE MEXICO, PLATEAU OF SEE MEXICANA, ALTIPLANICIE MEXICO CITY SEE CIUDAD DE MÉXICO MEXICO DISTRITO FEDERAL SEE CIUDAD DE MÉXICO	MILL	27 41 N	100 21 W	702	02
MEXIKO SEE MEXICO	REP	23 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXIQUE SEE MEXICO	REP	23 00 N	102 00 W	702	00
MEXIQUILLO SEE MEXIQUILLO Y PENAS	POPL	24 48 N	104 28 W	702	00
MEXIQUILLO Y PENAS	POPL	24 48 N	104 28 W	702	02
MEXIQUITO	POPL	22 09 N	102 10 W	702	02
MEXIQUITO	POPL	25 33 N	99 50 W	702	02
MEXPAN	POPL	21 01 N	104 25 W	702	01
MEXQUITAL, RIO SEE MEZQUITAL, RIO	STRM	22 54 N	104 54 W	702	00
MEXQUITENGO	POPL	22 19 N	102 47 W	702	02
MEXQUITIC	POPL	22 16 N	101 07 W	702	02
MEXQUITILLO SEE MEZQUITILLO	POPL	23 37 N	102 28 W	702	00
MEXQUITITLAN SEE SANTIAGO MEXQUITITLÁN	POPL	20 04 N	100 04 W	702	00
MEXQUITLAN	POPL	18 01 N	97 28 W	702	01
MEXQUITLÁN	POPL	18 04 N	98 49 W	702	01
MEXTEÑO	POPL	29 24 N	110 51 W	702	02
MEXTEPEC	POPL	19 28 N	99 50 W	702	02
MEXTETELCO SEE NEXTETELCO	POPL	19 07 N	98 20 W	702	00
MEXTICACÁN	POPL	21 13 N	102 43 W	702	01
MEXTICAOAN SEE MEXTICACÁN	POPL	21 13 N	102 43 W	702	00
MEXTITLÁN	RSTA	18 18 N	99 38 W	702	01
MEXTLA	POPL	20 16 N	98 06 W	702	01
MEYANUALCO	POPL	19 20 N	99 03 W	702	01
MEZACAPA SEE MESACAPA	POPL	20 26 N	97 09 W	702	00
MEZCAL	POPL	26 27 N	112 27 W	702	02
MEZCAL, CERRO	MT	28 24 N	110 50 W	702	02
MEZCALA SEE MEXCALA	POPL	17 56 N	99 37 W	702	00
MEZCALA	POPL	20 21 N	103 01 W	702	01
MEZCALA	POPL	20 56 N	102 45 W	702	01
MEZCALA, RÍO SEE BALSAS, RÍO	STRM	17 55 N	102 10 W	702	00

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