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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. 31 …N 94 41 W 702 01 ÁLVARO DÍAZ POPL 17 37 N 94 53 W 702…
  • p. 60 …DE DÍAZ POPL 18 34 N 102 54 W 702 00 BARRANCA SECA DE DÍAZ POPL…
  • p. 65 …N 98 52 W 702 02 BERNAL DÍAZ RSTA 18 08 N 94 32 W 702…
  • p. 77 …W 702 00 BUSANI DE DÍAZ SEE EL BUSANI DE DÍAZ POPL 31 14 N 111…
  • p. 84 …CALIMAYA DÍAZ GONZÁLEZ POPL 19 10 N 99 35 W 702 00 CALIMAYA DÍAZ GONZÁLEZ POPL…
  • p. 106 …W 702 00 CERRILLOS SEE CERRILLOS DE DÍAZ POPL 19 38 N 96 42 W 702…
  • p. 111 …DE DÍAZ COVARRUBIAS POPL 19 16 N 98 54 W 702 00 CHALCO DE DÍAZ COVARRUBIAS…
  • p. 121 …702 01 CHILAPA DE DÍAZ SEE SANTA MARÍA CHILAPA DE DÍAZ POPL 17 31 N 97…
  • p. 142 …N 98 46 W 702 01 COLONIA DÍAZ POPL 31 10 N 108 00 W 702…
  • p. 171 …00 DIAZ SEE LOS DÍAZ POPL 21 19 N 101 11 W 702 00 DÍAZ POPL…
  • p. 182 …44 W 702 01 EL BUSANI DE DÍAZ POPL 31 14 N 111 21 W 702…
  • p. 191 …N 100 46 W 702 01 EL DÍAZ SEE EL DIEZ POPL 21 01 N 87…
  • p. 226 …DÍAZ POPL 21 31 N 102 14 W 702 00 ENCARNACION SEE ENCARNACIÓN DE DÍAZ RSTA…
  • p. 240 …N 92 06 W 702 00 FRONTERA DIAZ SEE CIUDAD HIDALGO POPL 14 41 N 92…
  • p. 283 …DIAZ SEE JALAPA POPL 16 30 N 95 28 W 702 00 JALAPA DE DIAZ SEE…
  • p. 370 …N 104 20 W 702 01 LOS DÍAZ POPL 21 19 N 101 11 W 702…
  • p. 403 …702 00 MIAMUATLAN SEE MIAMUATLÁN DE PORFIRIO DIAZ POPL 16 20 N 96 36 W 702…
  • p. 467 …N 99 35 W 702 02 PEDRO DÍAZ POPL 20 30 N 100 08 W 702…
  • p. 486 …DIAZ SEE TLACOTEPEC DE DIAZ POPL 18 24 N 96 51 W 702 00 PORFIRIO DIAZ…
  • p. 516 …N 98 17 W 702 02 REINOSA DÍAZ POPL 26 12 N 98 28 W 702…
  • p. 518 …DÍAZ SEE REINOSA DÍAZ POPL 26 12 N 98 28 W 702 00 REYNOSA DÍAZ SEE…
  • p. 529 …DE DÍAZ POPL 20 04 N 102 43 W 702 00 SAHUAYO DE DÍAZ POPL 20…
  • p. 536 …00 SAN ANDRES SEE MIAMUATLAN DE PORFIRIO DÍAZ POPL 16 20 N 96 36 W 702…
  • p. 537 …SAN ANDRÉS MIAMUATLÁN SEE MIAMUATLÁN DE PORPIRIO DÍAZ POPL 16 20 N 96 36 W 702…
  • p. 553 …SAN FELIPE SEE SAN FELIPE JALAPA DE DIÁZ POPL 18 04 N 96 32 W 702…
  • p. 554 …DÍAZ POPL 18 04 N 96 32 W 702 01 SAN FELIPE JALPA DE DÍAZ SEE…
  • p. 625 …SANTA MARÍA SEE SANTA MARÍA CHILAPA DE DÍAZ POPL 17 31 N 97 41 W 702…
  • p. 627 …W 702 01 SANTA MARÍA CHILAPA DE DÍAZ POPL 17 31 N 97 41 W 702…
  • p. 647 …101 10 W 702 01 BAUZ DE DÍAZ POPL 21 31 N 101 44 W 702…
  • p. 654 …N 106 22 W 702 00 SOLEDAD DÍAZ GUTIÉRREZ POPL 22 12 N 100 37 W…
  • p. 699 …W 702 00 TLACOTEPEC SEE TLACOTEPEC DE DÍAZ POPL 18 24 N 96 51 W 702…
  • p. 732 …100 56 W 702 01 VILLA DÍAZ ORDAZ SEE DÍAZ ORDAZ POPL 16 58 N 96…
  • p. 742 …702 00 YADOCONO DE PORPIRIO DÍAZ SEE YODOCONO DE PORPIRIO DÍAZ POPL 17 23 N 97…
  • p. 746 …PORFIRIO DÍAZ POPL 17 23 N 97 22 W 702 00 YODOCONO DE PORFIRIO DÍAZ POPL…

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estación railroad station

estacion railroad station

estado state

estero stream, channel, strait, estuary, inlet,

lagoon, bay, cove

estrecho strait

fondeadero anchorage

golfo gulf

isla(s) island(s), key, peninsula

islote islet

istmo isthmus

lago lake

laguna(s) lagoon, lake(s), intermittent lake, marsh,

channel, bay

lagunita lake

llano(s) plain(s)

loma(s) mountain(s), hill(s)

mar lagoon

marismas marshes

mesa mesa, plateau, mountain

meseta plateau

mesilla plateau

monte mountain

morro headland, point, promontory, hill

municipio administrative division

nevado snow-capped mountain, peak

ojito spring

ojo(s), ojo de agua spring(s), well, pond

paso pass, strait, lagoon, entrance to lagoon

peña mountain

peñasco hill

península peninsula

picacho(s) mountain(s), hill(s)

pico(s) mountain(s)

piedra rock

planicie plains region

potrero pasture, valley

presa reservoir, lake

presón lake

puerto cove, bay, bight, pass

punta point, headland, mountain, hill

río river, stream, channel, lagoon

risco cliff

roca headland, cliff

ruinas ruins

salinas salt marsh

serranía(s) mountain range, mountainous region

sierra mountains

sierrita mountains

tanque tank, reservoir, well

territorio territory

tetillas mountains

vado ford

vaso lake bed

volcán volcano, hill, mountain

zanjón stream

## Reporting of errors

It is requested that all who use this gazetteer aid in its correction for future printings by reporting errors to the Board on Geographic Names, Interior Department Building, Washington 25, D. C. A statement of the source of the correct information will be helpful.

## Other gazetteers

The following publications may be useful as finding lists, though the names in them are not necessarily those approved by the Board as standard names:

1. Integración Territorial de los Estados Unidos Mexico Séptimo Censo General de Población 1950, Secretaría de Economía, Dirección General de Estadística, México, 1952. Location by administrative division.

2. American Geographical Society, Index to Map of Hispanic America 1:1,000,000, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1945.

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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.