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Benemérito de las Américas

Coordinates: 16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W / 16.51722; -90.65306
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Benemérito de las Américas
Municipality
Municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in Chiapas
Municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in Chiapas
Benemérito de las Américas is located in Mexico
Benemérito de las Américas
Benemérito de las Américas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W / 16.51722; -90.65306
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
 • Total
378.1 sq mi (979.2 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
17,282
ClimateAm

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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Benemérito de las Américas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "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.