| Benemérito de las Américas | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chiapas |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 979.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 17,282 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 16.5172°N -90.6531°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Am |
Benemérito de las Américas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 979.2 km² and borders Guatemala.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,282,[1] up from 14,446 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the town of Benemérito de las Américas had a population of 7,259.[1] 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 (1,655), classified as rural.[1]
Situated in the Montañas del Oriente, a large part of its territory is mountainous.