Bejucal de Ocampo facts for kids
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Bejucal de Ocampo
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Municipality
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Municipality of Bejucal de Ocampo in Chiapas
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 Bejucal de Ocampo
Location in Mexico
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| Country |  Mexico |
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| State | Chiapas | |
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| • Total | 32 sq mi (82 km2) | |
| Population
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| • 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.
See also
In Spanish: Bejucal de Ocampo para niños
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