Bejucal de Ocampo
Bejucal de Ocampo | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas | |
| Coordinates: 15°27′N 92°10′W / 15.450°N 92.167°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
• Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,623 |
Bejucal de Ocampo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 82 km². It was named in honor of Mexican lawyer Melchor Ocampo.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,623, up from 6,673 as of 2005.
The municipality had 37 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.
It is the least-Catholic municipality in Mexico’s least-Catholic state, with only 19% of residents being Catholic, and most being Jehovah’s Witnesses or Baptists.