Benemérito de las Américas
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Benemérito de las Américas | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in Chiapas Municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in Chiapas |
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Location in Mexico | |
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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
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