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