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 / 16.51722; -90.65306
Country Mexico
StateChiapas
Area
  Total
378.1 sq mi (979.2 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
17,282
ClimateAm

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, 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 (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Flor de Cacao (1,655), classified as rural.