Bejucal de Ocampo
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| Bejucal de Ocampo | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
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  Bejucal de Ocampo | |
| Coordinates: 15°27′N 92°10′W / 15.450°N 92.167°WCoordinates: 15°27′N 92°10′W / 15.450°N 92.167°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 34,032 |
Bejucal de Ocampo is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It was named in honor of Mexican lawyer Melchor Ocampo.[1]
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,673.[2] It covers an area of 82 km².
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.[3]
References
- ↑ "Bejucal de Ocampo". Chiapas State Government. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Bejucal de Ocampo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. 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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