Benemérito de las Américas

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W / 16.51722; -90.65306Country

MexicoStateChiapasArea

• Total378.1 sq mi (979.2 km²)Population

(2010)

• Total17,282ClimateAm

Benemérito de las Américas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 979.2 km² and borders Guatemala.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,282,^[1] up from 14,446 as of 2005.^[2]

As of 2010, the town of Benemérito de las Américas had a population of 7,259.^[1] Other than the town of Benemérito de las Américas, the municipality had 75 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Flor de Cacao (1,655), classified as rural.^[1]

Geography

Situated in the Montañas del Oriente, a large part of its territory is mountainous.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Benemérito de las Américas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Benemérito de las Américas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.