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'''Benemérito de las Américas''' is a [[town]] and [[Municipalities of Chiapas|municipality]] in the [[List of states in Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Chiapas]], in southern [[Mexico]]. It covers an area of 979.2&nbsp;km² and borders [[Guatemala]].
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,282,<ref name=SEDESOL>{{cite web|title=Benemérito de las Américas|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=07&mun=114|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=[[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL)|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> up from 14,446 as of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benemérito de las Américas|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07114a.htm|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas|access-date=July 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033110/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chiapas/municipios/07114a.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>
As of 2010, the town of Benemérito de las Américas had a population of 7,259.<ref name=SEDESOL/> 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, Chiapas|Flor de Cacao]] (1,655), classified as rural.<ref name=SEDESOL/>
==Geography==
Situated in the [[Montañas del Oriente]], a large part of its territory is mountainous.
==References==
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