Benemérito_de_las_Américas

Benemérito de las Américas

Benemérito de las Américas

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

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.

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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]
    "Benemérito de las Américas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. [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.


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