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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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POPL	22 54 N	101 16 W	702	02
POPL	23 33 N	98 34 W	702	00
POPL	23 41 N	106 18 W	702	00
POPL	24 03 N	100 35 W	702	02
POPL	24 05 N	100 36 W	702	02
POPL	24 50 N	98 56 W	702	02
POPL	24 55 N	98 03 W	702	00
POPL	23 07 N	99 26 W	702	02
POPL	21 13 N	99 24 W	702	02
POPL	25 19 N	98 41 W	702	02
POPL	25 43 N	103 31 W	702	02
POPL	25 47 N	97 49 W	702	02
POPL	25 56 N	97 41 W	702	02
POPL	25 57 N	99 36 W	702	02
POPL	26 04 N	98 41 W	702	02
POPL	26 16 N	98 54 W	702	02
POPL	26 16 N	100 22 W	702	02
POPL	26 28 N	99 37 W	702	02
POPL	26 40 N	100 10 W	702	02
POPL	26 42 N	105 38 W	702	02
POPL	26 45 N	101 32 W	702	02
POPL	27 00 N	104 25 W	702	02
POPL	27 09 N	102 12 W	702	00
POPL	27 10 N	99 28 W	702	02
POPL	27 28 N	108 30 W	702	02
POPL	27 33 N	99 48 W	702	02
POPL	27 56 N	102 03 W	702	02
POPL	28 02 N	108 16 W	702	02
POPL	28 02 N	110 53 W	702	02
POPL	28 18 N	105 21 W	702	02
POPL	28 18 N	109 54 W	702	02
POPL	29 01 N	105 56 W	702	02
RSTA	22 52 N	98 29 W	702	02
RSTA	26 17 N	100 23 W	702	02
SITE	29 05 N	110 02 W	702	02
STRM	23 41 N	98 38 W	702	02

	MT	16 38 N	94 48 W	702	01
PALO BLANCO, CERRO	MT	17 33 N	101 08 W	702	01
PALO BLANCO, CERRO	MT	25 10 N	108 03 W	702	02
PALO BLANCO, CERRO	MT	26 22 N	100 29 W	702	02
PALO BLANCO, CERRO	MT	30 24 N	107 33 W	702	02
PALO BLANCO DE CÁRDENAS	POPL	27 09 N	102 12 W	702	02
PALO BLANCO FERNANDEÑO	POPL	24 55 N	98 03 W	702	02
PALO BOLA	POPL	25 01 N	111 39 W	702	02
PALO BOLO SEE PALO BOLA	POPL	25 01 N	111 39 W	702	00
PALO CHINO	POPL	19 40 N	104 38 W	702	01
PALO COLORADO	POPL	16 40 N	94 42 W	702	01
PALO COLORADO	POPL	25 03 N	107 15 W	702	02
PALO DE ARCO	POPL	15 45 N	96 40 W	702	02
PALO DE ASTA	POPL	25 21 N	108 03 W	702	02
PALO DEL OBO	POPL	16 53 N	97 55 W	702	01
PALO DE MIGUEL	POPL	18 09 N	95 26 W	702	01
PALO DE ROSA	POPL	21 32 N	98 50 W	702	02
PALO DULCE	POPL	17 25 N	95 04 W	702	01
PALO DULCE	POPL	18 20 N	102 24 W	702	01
PALO DULCE	POPL	21 54 N	105 02 W	702	01
PALO DULCE	POPL	27 53 N	108 36 W	702	02
PALO FERRAL	POPL	24 50 N	111 40 W	702	02
PALO FIERRO	POPL	24 37 N	111 34 W	702	02
PALO FIERRO	POPL	25 36 N	108 35 W	702	02
PALO GACHO SEE BENITO JUÁREZ	POPL	18 07 N	95 59 W	702	00
PALO GACHO	MT	32 22 N	116 10 W	702	02
PALO GACHO	RSTA	18 08 N	96 01 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	17 10 N	99 34 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	20 14 N	98 19 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	20 22 N	98 30 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	21 03 N	98 23 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	21 40 N	97 48 W	702	01
PALO GORDO	POPL	23 27 N	105 18 W	702	02
PALO GORDO	POPL	23 28 N	105 18 W	702	02
PALO GRANUE	POPL	16 05 N	95 39 W	702	01
PALO GRANDE	POPL	16 19 N	94 09 W	702	01
PALO GRANDE	POPL	16 21 N	94 27 W	702	01

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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.