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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	24 54 N	107 46 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 08 N	107 56 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 35 N	97 40 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 35 N	108 21 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 47 N	97 25 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	25 54 N	99 55 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS SEE PALO BLANCO	POPL	26 28 N	99 37 W	702	00
PALOS BLANCOS SEE PALO BLANCO	POPL	27 56 N	102 03 W	702	00
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	29 10 N	109 31 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	29 11 N	100 48 W	702	02
PALOS BLANCOS SEE SAN JOSÉ DE PALOS BLANCOS	POPL	29 23 N	109 28 W	702	00
PALOS COLORADOS	POPL	24 02 N	104 54 W	702	02
PALOS CUATES	POPL	20 46 N	102 09 W	702	01
PALOS DULCES	POPL	24 20 N	106 55 W	702	02
PALO SECO	POPL	21 10 N	100 45 W	702	01
PALO SECO	POPL	25 00 N	99 49 W	702	02
PALO SECO, ARROYO	STRM	27 54 N	100 08 W	702	02
PALOS LISOS	POPL	26 05 N	99 40 W	702	02
PALO SOLO	POPL	21 31 N	98 17 W	702	02
PALO SOLO	POPL	21 39 N	97 52 W	702	01
PALOS PRIETOS	POPL	24 34 N	107 39 W	702	02
PALOS PRIETOS	SITE	23 13 N	106 25 W	702	02
PALOS QUEMADOS	POPL	28 14 N	109 36 W	702	02
PALOS VERDES	POPL	25 01 N	107 38 W	702	02
PALOS VERDES	POPL	25 17 N	108 01 W	702	02
PALOTA SEE PALOTAL	POPL	17 47 N	94 55 W	702	00
PALOTAL	POPL	17 44 N	93 29 W	702	01
PALOTAL	POPL	17 47 N	94 55 W	702	01
PALOTAL	POPL	17 47 N	94 56 W	702	01
PALOTE, SIERRA DEL	MTS	29 39 N	104 59 W	702	02
PALO VERDE SEE EL PALO VERDE	POPL	18 54 N	104 03 W	702	00
PALO VERDE	POPL	20 01 N	105 24 W	702	01
PALO VERDE	POPL	21 23 N	100 53 W	702	01
PALO VERDE	POPL	23 57 N	110 05 W	702	02
PALO VERDE	POPL	24 19 N	106 38 W	702	02
PALO VERDE	POPL	26 34 N	108 37 W	702	02

	POPL	26 38 N	108 49 W	702	02
PALO VERDE	POPL	28 23 N	110 29 W	702	02
PALO VERDE	RSTA	20 19 N	101 50 W	702	01
PALO VERDE	SITE	28 01 N	110 31 W	702	02
PALO VERDE, ARROYO	STRM	25 56 N	108 20 W	702	02
PALO VERDE, CERRO	MT	28 28 N	111 12 W	702	02
PALPA	POPL	20 01 N	98 22 W	702	01
PALPÁN	POPL	18 51 N	99 25 W	702	01
PALPOALA IXCÁN	POPL	20 05 N	96 55 W	702	01
PALPOALANIXCAN SEE PALPOALA IXCÁN	POPL	20 05 N	96 55 W	702	00
PAMACEO SEE PAMASEO	POPL	20 06 N	101 16 W	702	00
PAMACHIC	POPL	27 28 N	107 45 W	702	02
PAMASEO	POPL	20 06 N	101 16 W	702	01
PAMATÁCUARO	POPL	19 42 N	102 11 W	702	01
PAMECUARAN SEE POMACUARÁN	POPL	19 37 N	102 06 W	702	00
PAMIXTLAHUACA SEE SAN MIGUEL PANIXTLAHUACA	POPL	16 15 N	97 23 W	702	00
PAMORANES, SIERRA DE	MTS	25 15 N	98 30 W	702	02
PAMPA HONDA	POPL	15 18 N	93 01 W	702	01
PÁMPANO	POPL	24 55 N	108 08 W	702	02
PAMPAS	RSTA	28 24 N	106 57 W	702	02
PAMPLONA	POPL	26 05 N	103 24 W	702	02
PAMUXCO SEE PEMUXCO	POPL	20 46 N	98 33 W	702	00
PANABÁ	POPL	20 54 N	89 18 W	702	01
PANABÁ	POPL	21 17 N	88 16 W	702	01
PANABACHIC SEE PANALACHIC	POPL	27 40 N	107 23 W	702	00
PANABCHEN	POPL	20 32 N	89 22 W	702	01
PANAL SEE ESCALERAS	POPL	22 15 N	102 20 W	702	00
PANAL	POPL	22 24 N	99 13 W	702	02
PANAL, CARÓN DEL	CNYN	26 25 N	101 33 W	702	02
PANAL, CERRO DEL	MT	19 41 N	104 52 W	702	01
PANALACHIC	POPL	27 40 N	107 23 W	702	02
PANALES	POPL	20 28 N	99 16 W	702	01
PANALES	POPL	20 53 N	100 01 W	702	02
PANALES SEE PANALES DEL SUR	POPL	21 31 N	100 33 W	702	00
PANALES SEE PANALES DEL NORTE	POPL	21 46 N	100 38 W	702	00
PANALES SEE LOS PANALES	POPL	23 00 N	105 44 W	702	00

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