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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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MTS	27 48 N	102 05 W	702	02
PADILLA, SIERRA DE	POPL	26 58 N	106 23 W	702	00
PADRE SEE EL PADRE	POPL	28 53 N	105 49 W	702	02
PADRE, CERRO SEE PADRE, CERRO DEL	HILL	22 45 N	102 35 W	702	00
PADRE, CERRO DEL	HILL	22 45 N	102 35 W	702	02

PADRE, ISLA DEL	ISL	25 20 N	97 30 W	702	02
PADRES, SIERRA DE LOS SEE
LA SIERRITA	MT	29 48 N	115 00 W	702	00
PADRÓN	POPL	17 58 N	93 07 W	702	01
PAGÜICHIQUE	POPL	27 25 N	107 04 W	702	02
PAGÜICHIQUI SEE PAGÜICHIQUE	POPL	27 25 N	107 04 W	702	00

PAHUATITLA	POPL	21 04 N	98 17 W	702	02
PAHUATLAN SEE PAHUATLÁN DE VALLE	POPL	20 17 N	98 09 W	702	00
PAHUATLÁN	POPL	21 03 N	98 28 W	702	01
PAHUATLÁN DE VALLE	POPL	20 17 N	98 09 W	702	01
PAHUEGXIOT, CERRO	MT	19 17 N	99 24 W	702	01

PAHUETITLA SEE PAHUATITLA	POPL	21 04 N	98 17 W	702	00
PAHUÍRACHIC	POPL	27 31 N	106 36 W	702	02
PAHUÍRACHIC	POPL	28 27 N	107 28 W	702	02
PAHUÍRACHIC, CERRO	MT	28 26 N	107 35 W	702	02
PAHUIRIACHIC SEE PAHUÍRACHIC	POPL	27 31 N	106 36 W	702	00

PAIJA SEE POTRERO PAIJA	POPL	22 01 N	98 25 W	702	00
PAIJA	POPL	22 01 N	98 22 W	702	02
PAILA SEE BAILA	POPL	24 10 N	106 58 W	702	00
PAILA, BARREAL DE LA SEE
PAILA, BARRIAL DE LA	MIRE	25 45 N	101 35 W	702	00
PAILA, BA TAL DE LA	MIRE	25 45 N	101 55 W	702	02

PAILA, SIERRA DE LA SEE
PALMA, SIERRA DE LA	MTS	25 50 N	101 30 W	702	00
PAILA, SIERRA DE LA	MTS	26 07 N	101 36 W	702	02
PAILAS	POPL	18 26 N	100 11 W	702	01
PAILITA	POPL	26 32 N	102 20 W	702	02
PAISABEL	POPL	21 47 N	98 10 W	702	01

PAISANOS	POPL	22 22 N	99 10 W	702	02
PAÍSTE SEE EL PAÍSTE	POPL	18 13 N	95 42 W	702	00
PAIXAXE	POPL	19 18 N	90 35 W	702	01
PAIXBAN, ARROYO SEE PAIXBAN, RÍO	STRM	17 51 N	90 22 W	702	00
PAIXBAN, RÍO	STRM	17 51 N	90 22 W	702	02

PAIXBAN, RIO DE SEE PAIXBAN, RIO	STRM	17 51 N	90 22 W	702	00
PAJACUARÁN	POPL	20 07 N	102 34 W	702	01
PAJAL	POPL	15 51 N	92 39 W	702	01
PAJAPAN	POPL	18 15 N	94 42 W	702	01
PAJA PEDRIDA, LOMA SEE
PAJA PODRIDA, LOMA	MT	15 46 N	91 54 W	702	00
PAJAPITOS, SIERRA SEE
PAJARITOS, SIERRA	MTS	29 23 N	110 07 W	702	00
PAJA PODRIDA, LOMA	MT	15 46 N	91 54 W	702	00
PAJARAL	POPL	18 08 N	91 02 W	702	01
PAJARAL	RSTA	18 08 N	91 05 W	702	01
PAJARAS, PUNTA SEE PAJAROS, PUNTA	PT	19 36 N	87 25 W	702	00
PAJARERA, ISLA	ISL	19 33 N	105 07 W	702	01
PAJARILLOS SEE PAJARITOS	POPL	25 27 N	105 53 W	702	00
PAJARITA MOUNTAINS SEE
PAJARITO, SIERRA DEL	MTS	31 20 N	111 05 W	702	00
PAJARITO	POPL	25 57 N	99 18 W	702	02
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	26 41 N	108 31 W	702	00
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	26 53 N	106 37 W	702	00
PAJARITO	POPL	27 04 N	102 19 W	702	02
PAJARITO	POPL	27 37 N	105 26 W	702	02
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	28 13 N	108 08 W	702	00
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	28 17 N	106 11 W	702	00
PAJARITO	POPL	28 26 N	105 15 W	702	02
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	28 49 N	104 14 W	702	00
PAJARITO SEE EL PAJARITO	POPL	29 43 N	110 30 W	702	00
PAJARITO, ARROYO SEE
PAJARITOS, ARROYO	STRM	22 30 N	102 49 W	702	00
PAJARITO, LAGUNA	LAGN	18 08 N	94 23 W	702	01
PAJARITO, SIERRA	MTS	28 27 N	105 18 W	702	02
PAJARITO, SIERRA DEL	MTS	27 38 N	105 32 W	702	02
PAJARITO, SIERRA DEL	MTS	30 30 N	108 04 W	702	02
PAJARITO, SIERRA DEL (MEXICO):
PAJARITO MOUNTAINS (ARIZONA)	MTS	31 20 N	112 05 W	702	02
PAJARITO MOUNTAINS SEE
PAJARITO, SIERRA DEL	MTS	31 20 N	111 05 W	702	00
PAJARITOS	POPL	18 07 N	94 23 W	702	01
PAJARITOS	POPL	22 24 N	105 01 W	702	02

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