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Belén Díaz
Belén is the Spanish name for Bethlehem. Belen, Belén or Beleń may also refer to: Places Argentina *Belén, Catamarca *Belén de Escobar, Buenos Aires Province Bolivia *Belén (Aroma), La Paz Department, Bolivia *Belén (Potosí), Bolivia Colombia *Belén, Boyacá *Belén, Nariño * Belén de Andaquies, Caquetá *Belén de Bajirá, Antioquia *Belén de Umbría, Risaralda *Belén, Medellín, Antioquia. Peru * Belén District, Maynas * Belén District, Sucre Turkey *Belen, Çanakkale *Belen, Ezine * Belen, Hani *Belen, Hatay, a town and district of Hatay Province *Belen, Kumluca, Antalya Province *Belen, Kıbrıscık, Bolu Province * Belen, Tarsus, Mersin Province *Belen Pass United States *Belen, Mississippi *Belen, New Mexico **Belen (Rail Runner station) Elsewhere *Belén, Chile *Belén (canton), Heredia, Costa Rica *Belén, Honduras *Belén, Rivas, Nicaragua * Belén River, Panama *Belén, Paraguay *Beleń, Poland *Belén, Uruguay People Given feminine n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine. The economy is primarily tourist-driven, peaking during the Christmas season, when Christians make pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity. The important holy site of Rachel's Tomb is at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, though not freely accessible to the city's own inhabitants and in general Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank due to the Israeli West Bank barrier. The earliest known mention of Bethlehem was in the Amarna correspondence of 1350–1330 BCE when the town was inhabited by the Canaanites. The Hebrew Bible, which says that the city of Bethlehem was built up as a fortified city by Rehoboam, identifies it as the city David was from and where he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
