Bejucal de Ocampo
Bejucal de Ocampo | |
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Municipality | |
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Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas | |
Bejucal de Ocampo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 15°27′N 92°10′W / 15.450°N 92.167°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
• Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,623 |
Bejucal de Ocampo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 82 km2. It was named in honor of Mexican lawyer Melchor Ocampo.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,623, up from 6,673 as of 2005.
The municipality had 37 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.
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.