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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.

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POPL	27 04 N	100 56 W	702	00
POPL	28 13 N	106 12 W	702	00
POPL	29 29 N	108 01 W	702	00
STRM	29 24 N	107 53 W	702	02
STRM	30 38 N	108 18 W	702	02
CNYN	29 24 N	106 39 W	702	02
SPRG	30 37 N	106 52 W	702	02
MTS	29 34 N	108 06 W	702	02
POPL	19 26 N	97 34 W	702	01
RSTA	19 56 N	97 34 W	702	01
POPL	17 28 N	101 14 W	702	01
POPL	25 41 N	105 42 W	702	02
RSTA	19 14 N	96 19 W	702	01
POPL	17 56 N	101 28 W	702	00
MT	19 51 N	104 32 W	702	01
POPL	31 06 N	111 42 W	702	02
SITE	28 40 N	108 20 W	702	00
POPL	25 06 N	106 23 W	702	02
POPL	25 06 N	106 23 W	702	00
POPL	28 28 N	109 95 W	702	02
POPL	25 13 N	106 36 W	702	02
POPL	23 36 N	105 57 W	702	02
POPL	28 43 N	110 09 W	702	02
SITE	28 40 N	108 20 W	702	02
POPL	27 18 N	106 13 W	702	00
POPL	28 10 N	106 00 W	702	00
SINK	21 04 N	87 41 W	702	02
POPL	27 18 N	106 13 W	702	02
POPL	15 56 N	95 43 W	702	01
POPL	28 10 N	106 00 W	702	02
POPL	20 19 N	98 89 W	702	00
POPL	25 30 N	106 38 W	702	00
POPL	25 46 N	99 07 W	702	00
RSTA	19 21 N	97 41 W	702	01
RSTA	20 38 N	100 46 W	702	01
RSTA	26 10 N	108 45 W	702	02
RSTA	28 52 N	110 50 W	702	02

VEGA DE ALATORRE	POPL	20 02 N	96 38 W	702	01
VEGA DE SAN MARCOS SEE SAN MARCOS	POPL	20 12 N	96 57 W	702	00
VEGA DE SAN PEDRO	POPL	20 01 N	97 10 W	702	01
VEGA LARGA	POPL	25 93 N	103 11 W	702	02
VEGAS SEE LAS VEGAS	POPL	23 57 N	99 16 W	702	00
VEGAS SEE LAS VEGAS	POPL	25 30 N	106 38 W	702	00
VEGAS, ARROYO DE LOS	STRN	28 48 N	105 24 W	702	02
VEGIL SEE VIGIL	POPL	20 25 N	100 23 W	702	00
VEGUERO, CERRO DEL	HILL	22 02 N	103 10 W	702	02
VEINTE DE NOVIEMBRE	POPL	14 59 N	92 15 W	702	01
VEINTICUATRO	POPL	19 42 N	96 30 W	702	01
VELA	POPL	26 23 N	99 14 W	702	02
VELA	POPL	26 51 N	99 31 W	702	02
VELADERO SEE EL VELADERO	POPL	19 51 N	103 03 W	702	00
VELADERO	POPL	20 26 N	98 40 W	702	01
VELADERO	POPL	20 35 N	97 37 W	702	01
VELADERO	POPL	22 47 N	105 45 W	702	02
VELADERO	POPL	23 17 N	105 55 W	702	02
VELADERO, CERRO	MT	16 55 N	99 54 W	702	01
VELADOR SEE VELADERO	POPL	20 35 N	97 37 W	702	00
VELADORA	POPL	18 03 N	101 54 W	702	01
VELARDENA	POPL	25 04 N	103 44 W	702	02
VELASCO	POPL	20 12 N	98 38 W	702	02
VELASCO SEE VELASCO, ESTACIÓN	FSTA	19 26 N	98 00 W	702	00
VELASCO SEE VELASCO, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	22 11 N	98 33 W	702	00
VELASCO, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	19 26 N	98 00 W	702	01
VELASCO, ESTACIÓN	RSTA	22 11 N	98 33 W	702	01
VELASQUEZ SEE VELÁZQUEZ	POPL	16 31 N	94 25 W	702	00
VELAZCO SEE VELASCO	POPL	20 12 N	98 38 W	702	00
VELÁZQUEZ	POPL	16 31 N	94 25 W	702	01
VELÁZQUEZ	POPL	21 07 N	99 41 W	702	01
VELÁZQUEZ	POPL	27 06 N	105 48 W	702	02
VELDERRAIN	RSTA	27 22 N	109 46 W	702	02
VELERO, PUNTA	PT	27 48 N	114 43 W	702	00
VELERO POINT SEE VELERO, PUNTA	PT	27 48 N	114 43 W	702	00
VELESIA SEE VELECIA	POPL	17 33 N	95 40 W	702	00
VELLECITO SEE VALLECITOS	POPL	21 52 N	100 25 W	702	00

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