Benemérito de las Américas

Benemérito de las Américas is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,446. It covers an area of 979.2 km² and borders Guatemala. Situated in the Montañas del Oriente, a large part of its territory is mountainous.