Bejucal de Ocampo
Bejucal de Ocampo is a town and one of the 122 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 82 km². It was named in honor of Mexican lawyer Melchor Ocampo.[1]
Bejucal de Ocampo | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas | |
  Bejucal de Ocampo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 15°27′N 92°10′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,623 |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,623,[2] up from 6,673 as of 2005.[3]
The municipality had 37 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[2]
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.[4]
References
- "Bejucal de Ocampo". Chiapas State Government. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- "Bejucal de Ocampo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- "Bejucal de Ocampo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- “Religion in Mexico: Where angels fear to tread: Evangelicals are swooping on long-ignored regions”, The Economist, dated 24 March 2012.
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