Benemérito de las Américas

Benemérito de las Américas
Municipality

Municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in Chiapas
Benemérito de las Américas

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W / 16.51722; -90.65306Coordinates: 16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W / 16.51722; -90.65306
Country  Mexico
State Chiapas
Area
 • Total 378.1 sq mi (979.2 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 17,282
Climate Am

Benemérito de las Américas is a town and one of the 122 Municipalities 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

  1. 1 2 3 "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. Retrieved July 25, 2008.


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