Benemérito de las Américas

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
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 southeastern Mexico and is the easternmost municipality in Chiapas. 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.

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[SEDESOL-1] "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.

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