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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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PALMITA SEE PALMITA	POPL	19 48 N	105 14 W	702	00	PALMITOS SEE PALMILLAS	POPL	21 29 N	100 22 W	702	00
PALMITA SEE PALMIRA	POPL	20 11 N	105 05 W	702	00	PALMITOS	POPL	24 41 N	99 57 W	702	02
PALMITA SEE LA PALMITA	POPL	20 44 N	100 34 W	702	00	PALMITOS	POPL	24 49 N	99 36 W	702	02
PALMITA SEE LAS PALMITAS	POPL	21 13 N	99 02 W	702	00	PALMITOS	POPL	25 03 N	104 29 W	702	02
PALMITA POPL	21 47 N	100 02 W	702	01	PALMITOS	POPL	27 07 N	100 20 W	702

PALMITA SEE EL PALMITO	POPL	23 57 N	104 53 W	702	00	PALMITOS	POPL	27 08 N	99 57 W	702	02
PALMITA SEE LA PALMITA	POPL	24 48 N	107 26 W	702	00	PALMITO VERDE SEE PALMITO DEL VERDE	POPL	22 39 N	105 48 W	702	00
PALMITA SEE PALMITAS	POPL	25 05 N	107 56 W	702	00	PALMOL SEE PALMUL	POPL	20 31 N	87 11 W	702	00
PALMITA POPL	28 02 N	110 57 W	702	02	PALMUL	POPL	20 31 N	87 11 W	702	02
PALMITA POPL	28 08 N	110 59 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	POPL	18 21 N	95 33 W	702	01

PALMITA SEE LA PALNA	MT	31 34 N	115 32 W	702	00	PALO ALTO SEE PALOS ALTOS	POPL	18 21 N	100 17 W	702	00
PALMITA SITE	31 34 N	115 41 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	POPL	20 05 N	101 21 W	702	01
PALMITA+ CERRO LA	MT	29 11 N	106 07 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	POPL	20 12 N	59 26 W	702	01
PALMITA DE LA VIRGEN+ ISLA	ISL	23 00 N	106 10 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	POPL	20 31 N	100 13 W	702	01
PALMITAS SEE LAS PALMITAS	POPL	21 13 N	99 02 W	702	00	PALO ALTO SEE PALOS ALTOS	POPL	20 59 N	102 28 W	702	00

PALMITAS SEE PALMILLAS	POPL	21 29 N	100 23 W	702	00	PALO ALTO SEE PALO ALTO DE PADILLA	POPL	21 12 N	102 24 W	702	00
PALMITAS POPL	21 29 N	101 08 W	702	01	PALO ALTO	POPL	21 40 N	99 52 W	702	01
PALMITAS POPL	21 34 N	104 26 W	702	01	PALO ALTO	POPL	21 55 N	101 58 W	702	01
PALMITAS SEE PALMITA	POPL	21 47 N	100 02 W	702	00	PALO ALTO	POPL	22 03 N	102 41 W	702	02
PALMITAS POPL	24 23 N	101 16 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	POPL	24 01 N	98 16 W	702	02

PALMITAS POPL	25 05 N	107 36 W	702	02	PALO ALTO SEE PALOS ALTOS	POPL	24 09 N	99 17 W	702	00
PALMITAS DE BORUNDA	POPL	32 11 N	116 22 W	702	02	PALO ALTO	MT	21 56 N	101 35 W	702	01
PALMITEPEC SEE PALMARTEPEC	POPL	20 08 N	97 00 W	702	00	PALO ALTO DE PADILLA	POPL	21 12 N	102 24 W	702	01
PALMITO POPL	19 28 N	102 28 W	702	01	PALO AMARILLO	POPL	21 18 N	100 34 W	702	01
PALMITO SEE LA PALMITA	POPL	20 44 N	100 34 W	702	00	PALO AMARILLO	POPL	27 50 N	100 30 W	702	02

PALMITO SEE EL PALMITO	POPL	22 32 N	100 48 W	702	00	PALO ARGOLLA	POPL	18 45 N	95 51 W	702	01
PALMITO SEE PALMITO DEL VERDE	POPL	22 39 N	105 48 W	702	00	PAL ASTA+ CERRO	MT	27 58 N	109 53 W	702	02
PALMITO SEE LA PALMITA	POPL	23 00 N	106 10 W	702	00	PALO BENDITO	POPL	20 27 N	98 29 W	702	01
PALMITO SEE EL PALMITO	POPL	25 11 N	106 59 W	702	00	PALO BLANCO	POPL	14 38 N	92 19 W	702	02
PALMITO POPL	25 51 N	97 43 W	702	02	PALO BLANCO	POPL	16 34 N	94 42 W	702	01

PALMITO DE LA VIRGEN+ ISLA SEE	RSTA	22 16 N	98 50 W	702	02	PALO BLANCO	POPL	17 26 N	99 28 W	702	01
PALMITO DE LA VIRGEN+ ISLA PALO BLANCO	POPL	17 56 N	93 48 W	702	01
PALMITA DE LA VIRGEN+ ISLA	ISL	23 00 N	106 10 W	702	00	PALO BLANCO	POPL	20 31 N	101 12 W	702	01
PALMITO DEL VERDE+ ISLA	POPL	22 39 N	105 48 W	702	02	PALO BLANCO	POPL	20 55 N	97 45 W	702	01
PALMITO DEL VERDE+ ISLA	ISL	22 40 N	105 50 W	702	02	PALO BLANCO	POPL	21 36 N	100 37 W	702	01
PALMITOS POPL	16 36 N	94 35 W	702	01
 PALO BLANCO	POPL	22 27 N	100 32 W	702	02
PALMITOS POPL	20 56 N	102 20 W	702	01	PALO BLANCO	POPL	22 42 N	99 17 W	702	02

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