Benemérito de las Américas


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, up from 14,446 as of 2005.
As of 2010, the town of Benemérito de las Américas had a population of 7,259. Other than the town of Benemérito de las Américas, the municipality had 75 localities, the largest of which was: Flor de Cacao, classified as rural.

Geography

Situated in the Montañas del Oriente, a large part of its territory is mountainous.