Bejucal de Ocampo
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Bejucal de Ocampo | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas |
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Location in Mexico | |
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Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,623 |
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]
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
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- ↑ “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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