It may be better to keep the data in a simpler form: data = """\ 42 40 73 45 Albany, N.Y. 35 5 106 39 Albuquerque, N.M. 35 11 101 50 Amarillo, Tex. 34 14 77 57 Wilmington, N.C. 49 54 97 7 Winnipeg, Man., Can."""
cities = {}
for line in data.splitlines():
a1, a2, a3, a4, n = line.split(" ", 4)
cities[n] = [(int(a1), int(a2), "N"), (int(a3), int(a4), "W")]
print cities
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