Benemérito de las Américas | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 16°31′2″N 90°39′11″W / 16.51722°N 90.65306°W | |
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 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]
Situated in the Montañas del Oriente, a large part of its territory is mountainous.