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NIS Gazetteer Mexico

Central Intelligence Agency · 2025-08-25 · 757 pages · text by 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 …23 W 702 00 ALVARO OBREGÓN SEE VILLA OBREGÓN POPL 19 21 N 99 12 W…
  • p. 42 …101 15 W 702 00 ARMADILLO SEE VILLA MORELOS POPL 22 15 N 100 40 W…
  • p. 50 …SEE VILLA JUÁREZ POPL <3 30 N 103 35 W 702 00 AVILEZ SEE VILLA JUÁREZ…
  • p. 86 …100 21 W 702 00 CAMARÓN SEE VILLA TEJEDA POPL 19 01 N 96 36 W…
  • p. 100 …107 46 W 702 02 CARRO SEE VILLA GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA POPL 22 30 N 101 35…
  • p. 114 …98 14 W 702 02 CHARCAS SEE VILLA DOCTOR MORA POPL 21 09 N 100 19…
  • p. 123 …92 13 W 702 01 CHINICUILA SEE VILLA VICTORIA POPL 18 47 N 103 24 W…
  • p. 146 …104 56 W 702 00 CONCEPCIÓN SEE VILLA CONCEPCIÓN POPL 28 28 N 106 45 W…
  • p. 153 …104 49 W 702 01 CORREGIDORA SEE VILLA DEL PUEBLITO POPL 20 32 N 100 27…
  • p. 163 …44 W 702 01 CUERÁMBARO SEE LA VILLA DE CUERÁMBARA POPL 20 50 N 103 40…
  • p. 168 …CUYAMECALCO VILLA DE ZARAGOZA POPL 17 58 N 96 50 W 702 00 CUYAMECALCO VILLA DE…
  • p. 186 …EL CEDRO SEE CEDRO EL CARRO SEE VILLA GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA POPL 22 30 N 101 55…
  • p. 212 …W 702 02 EL RECUERDO DE FRANCISCO VILLA POPL 25 47 N 103 20 W 702…
  • p. 240 …92 38 W 702 01 FRONTERA SEE VILLA FRONTERA POPL 26 56 N 101 27 W…
  • p. 243 …99 22 W 702 00 GARCIA SEE VILLA DE GARCÍA POPL 25 49 N 100 35…
  • p. 247 …GONZALEÑO SEE EL GONZALEÑO GONZALES SEE SAN FELIPE GONZALES SEE OPAL GONZALES SEE VILLA AHUMADA GONZÁLEZ
  • p. 251 …POPL 2552N 9718W 702 02 GUADALUPE SEE VILLA DE GUADALUPE POPL 2322N 10046W 702 00 GUADALUPE…
  • p. 278 …100 23 W 702 00 ITURBIDE SEE VILLA DE HIDALGO POPL 22 27 N 100 42…
  • p. 292 …100 55 W 702 02 JUÁREZ SEE VILLA JUÁREZ POPL 27 37 N 100 44 W…
  • p. 293 …15 W 702 00 JUÁREZ XICOTEPEC SEE VILLA JUÁREZ POPL 20 17 N 97 57 W…
  • p. 308 …28 W 702 02 LA CORREGIDORA SEE VILLA DEL PUEBLITO POPL 20 32 N 100 27…
  • p. 354 …15 W 702 01 LA UNIÓN SEE VILLA UNIÓN POPL 28 15 N 100 43 W…
  • p. 356 …N 96 52 W 702 01 LA VILLA DE CUERÁMBARO POPL 20 50 N 103 40…
  • p. 363 …97 35 W 702 01 LO DE VILLA POPL 19 14 N 103 48 W 702…
  • p. 392 …100 54 W 702 02 MATAPE SEE VILLA PESQUEIRA POPL 29 08 N 109 58 W…
  • p. 408 …W 702 01 MITLA SEE SAN PABLO VILLA DE MITLA POPL 16 35 N 96 24…
  • p. 430 …26 W 702 02 NORIA DE VILLA SEE NORIA VILLA POPL 29 29 N 110 22…
  • p. 431 …N 110 35 W 702 00 NORIA VILLA POPL 29 29 N 110 22 W 702…
  • p. 434 …110 29 W 702 02 OBERGEN VILLA SEE VILLA OBREGÓN POPL 19 21 N 99 12…
  • p. 463 …W 702 02 PASO DE SOTOS SEE VILLA MIDALGO POPL 21 40 N 102 36 W…
  • p. 473 …100 38 W 702 00 PICACHO SEE VILLA DE HIDALGO POPL 22 27 N 100 42…
  • p. 491 …108 03 W 702 02 POZO DE VILLA POPL 21 51 N 105 19 W 702…
  • p. 497 …102 53 W 702 00 PUEBLITO SEE VILLA DEL PUEBLITO POPL 20 32 N 100 27…
  • p. 513 …W 702 02 RASO DE SOTOS SEE VILLA HIDALGO POPL 21 40 N 102 36 W…
  • p. 518 …98 44 W 702 00 REYES SEE VILLA DE REYES POPL 21 48 N 100 56…
  • p. 525 …111 38 W 702 02 ROSARIO SEE VILLA ORESTES PEREYRA POPL 26 31 N 105 40…
  • p. 537 …49 W 702 01 SAN ANGEL SEE VILLA OFREGÓN POPL 19 21 N 99 12 W…
  • p. 586 …LUIS SAN LUIS SEE SAN LUIS DE VILLA CORONA SAN LUIS SAN LUIS SAN LUIS SAN…
  • p. 598 …702 01 SAN PABLO SEE SAN PABLO VILLA DE MITLA POPL 16 55 N 96 24…
  • p. 599 …PABLO TIJALTEPEC SAN PABLO TOLIMÁN SAN PABLO VILLA DE MITLA SAN PABLO YAGANIZA SAN PABLO ZILTLALTEPEC…
  • p. 628 …702 01 SANTA MARÍA TOTONTEPEC VILLA DE ZERTUCHE SEE TOTONTEPEC VILLA DE MORELOS POPL 17 13…
  • p. 630 …SANTA RITA SANTA RITA SANTA RITA SEE VILLA HIDALGO POPL 22 21 N 101 42 W…
  • p. 674 …105 27 W 702 02 TECUALAYA SEE VILLA CUERRERO POPL 18 52 N 99 39 W…
  • p. 688 …107 28 W 702 02 TESECHOACAN SEE VILLA AZUETA POPL 18 08 N 95 40 W…
  • p. 698 …103 04 W 702 01 TIZAPANITO SEE VILLA CORONA POPL 20 25 N 103 41 W…
  • p. 710 …NONTEPEC VILLA DE MORELOS POPL 17 13 N 96 03 W 702 00 NTEPEC VILLA DE…
  • p. 712 …N 109 38 W 702 02 TRES VILLAS POPL 20 39 N 101 41 W 702…
  • p. 724 …N 106 31 W 702 01 VALLE VILLAS SEE EL VALLECILLO POPL 27 52 N 108…
  • p. 731 …CERRO MT 27 47 N 109 55 W 702 00 VILLA ABASOLO SEE CUITZEO DE HIDALGO…
  • p. 732 RSTA 20 10 N 101 38 W 702 01 VILLA COMONFORT SEE COMONFORT POPL 20 43…
  • p. 733 …VILLA REYES SEE VILLA DE REYES POPL 21 48 N 100 56 W 702 00 VILLA…
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 under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 757 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.