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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	16 41 N	93 36 W	702	01	PALOMAS, LAGUNA DE	LAKE	26 50 N	103 55 W	702	02
PALO GRANDE	POPL	17 14 N	95 04 W	702	01	PALOMAS, LAGUNA DE LAS	LAKE	29 14 N	106 09 W	702	02
PALO GRANDE	POPL	18 50 N	99 24 W	702	01	PALOMAS, MESA DE	MESA	28 46 N	103 41 W	702	02
PALO GRANDE, LAGUNA	MRSH	25 32 N	97 26 W	702	02	PALOMAS, RÍO	STRM	18 26 N	98 42 W	702	01
PALO HEDIONDO SEE EL PALO HEDIONDO	POPL	25 51 N	108 06 W	702	00	PALOMAS, RÍO	STRM	22 15 N	102 35 W	702	02

PALO HUECO	POPL	26 54 N	99 53 W	702	02	PALOMAS, SALINAS LAS	MRSH	27 34 N	110 34 W	702	02
PALO HUÉRFANO, CERRO	MT	20 49 N	100 44 W	702	01	PALOMAS, SIERRA	MTS	31 41 N	107 32 W	702	02
PALOMA SEE PALOMAS	POPL	25 51 N	106 18 W	702	00	PALOMAS DE ORRANTENO, CERRO	MTS	28 14 N	105 14 W	702	02
PALOMA	POPL	28 39 N	110 37 W	702	02	PALOMAS NEGRAS	POPL	27 20 N	103 47 W	702	02
PALOMA	RSTA	26 35 N	105 40 W	702	02	PALOMAS NUEVAS	POPL	22 20 N	102 47 W	702	02

PALOMA, CERRO	MT	29 58 N	109 59 W	702	02	PALOMAS VIEJAS	POPL	22 24 N	102 44 W	702	02
PALOMARES	POPL	17 09 N	95 04 W	702	01	PALO MIGUEL SEE PALO DE MIGUEL	POPL	18 09 N	95 26 W	702	00
PALOMARES SEE PALOMARES, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	17 06 N	95 03 W	702	00	PALOMITA	POPL	19 48 N	105 14 W	702	01
PALOMARES, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	17 08 N	95 03 W	702	02	PALOMITAS	POPL	31 18 N	110 09 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	19 50 N	99 05 W	702	01	PALO MUERTO	POPL	26 17 N	106 58 W	702	02

PALOMAS SEE LAS PALOMAS	POPL	20 41 N	101 22 W	702	00	PALO MUERTO, ARROYO	STRM	26 15 N	106 58 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	21 42 N	104 51 W	702	01	PALO NEGRITO	POPL	16 26 N	96 32 W	702	01
PALOMAS	POPL	21 50 N	100 02 W	702	01	PALONJO SEE EL PALOMO	POPL	27 38 N	106 03 W	702	00
PALOMAS	POPL	22 18 N	100 46 W	702	02	PALO PARADO	POPL	25 04 N	99 11 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	22 28 N	99 55 W	702	02	PALO PRIETO	POPL	21 50 N	98 30 W	702	02

PALOMAS	POPL	24 13 N	105 12 W	702	02	PALO QUEMADO	POPL	25 59 N	97 50 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	25 08 N	106 14 W	702	02	PALO QUEMADO	POPL	30 13 N	108 05 W	702	02
PALOMAS SEE LAS PALOMAS	POPL	25 26 N	99 15 W	702	00	PALO REDONDEADO	SITE	28 24 N	108 24 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	25 39 N	106 13 W	702	02	PALOS	POPL	22 19 N	99 24 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	25 40 N	111 33 W	702	02	PALOS, LAGUNA	LAKE	22 19 N	99 24 W	702	02

PALOMAS	POPL	25 51 N	106 18 W	702	02	PALOS, LAGUNA DE LOS	LAKE	29 02 N	105 57 W	702	02
PALOMAS	POPL	27 26 N	106 41 W	702	02	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	18 21 N	100 17 W	702	01
PALOMAS	POPL	28 00 N	101 32 W	702	02	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	20 00 N	99 34 W	702	01
PALOMAS	POPL	28 43 N	103 45 W	702	02	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	20 50 N	102 52 W	702	01
PALOMAS SEE SALOMAS	POPL	28 52 N	109 46 W	702	00	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	20 59 N	102 38 W	702	01

PALOMAS SEE LAS PALOMAS	POPL	31 44 N	107 37 W	702	00	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	22 48 N	105 41 W	702	02
PALOMAS SEE LAS PALOMAS	RSTA	19 27 N	101 54 W	702	00	PALOS ALTOS	POPL	24 09 N	99 17 W	702	02
PALOMAS SEE PALOMA	RSTA	26 35 N	105 40 W	702	00	PALOS BLANCO SEE PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 35 N	108 21 W	702	00
PALOMAS	RSTA	28 22 N	106 14 W	702	02	PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	17 32 N	101 17 W	702	01
PALOMAS SEE LAS PALOMAS	SITE	27 48 N	110 22 W	702	00	PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	22 17 N	105 32 W	702	02

PALOMAS CERRO	MT	26 38 N	105 46 W	702	02	PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	23 41 N	106 18 W	702	02
PALOMAS CERRO	MT	29 38 N	110 36 W	702	02	PALOS BLANCOS SEE PALO BLANCO	POPL	24 50 N	98 56 W	702	00

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