http://civ4wiki.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Although I believe for what you want you will end up getting linked to this, a pdf guide to modding Civ 4. It should tell you how to set starting locations.
http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/guides/WorldBuilderManual.zip
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