Belén is the Spanish name for

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 o ...

. Belen, Belén or Beleń may also refer to:

Places

Argentina

Belén, Catamarca Belén is a small town in the province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the R ...

Belén de Escobar Belén de Escobar (or Escobar) is a city in the urban conurbation of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat for Escobar Partido. The city has an important Japanese Argentine population. File:Cas ...

, Buenos Aires Province

Bolivia

Belén (Aroma) 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), Boli ...

, La Paz Department, Bolivia *

Belén (Potosí) 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), Boliv ...

, Bolivia

Colombia

Belén, Boyacá Belén is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. Belen is also part of the Tundama Province The Tundama Province is a province of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. The province is formed by 9 municipalities. Etymology Th ...

Belén, Nariño Belén is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as we ...

Belén de Andaquies Belén Andaquies is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia. Climate Belén de Andaqies has a very wet tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical clim ...

, Caquetá *

Belén de Bajirá Belén de Bajirá is a Colombian Corregimiento involved in law suit caused by a territorial dispute between two northwestern Colombian departments, Antioquia and Chocó. Chocó argues that the territory belongs to its municipality Riosucio, bu ...

, Antioquia *

Belén de Umbría Belén de Umbría is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. At an elevation of 1,634 metres The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Gr ...

, Risaralda *Belén,

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Antioquia.

Peru

* Belén District, Maynas *

Belén District, Sucre Belén is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru. History Belén District was created by Law No.15231 in Nov 23, 1964, during first term of President Fernando Belaúnde Administrative division The populated pla ...

Turkey

Belen, Çanakkale Belen is a village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Like Istanbul, Çanakka ...

Belen, Ezine Belen is a village in the Ezine District of Çanakkale Province Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Like Istanbul, Çanakkale pr ...

* Belen, Hani *

Belen, Hatay Belen is a town and district of Hatay Province in the Mediterranean region of south-central Turkey. Etymology When describing his visit to the region in the 17th century, Evliya Çelebi mentioned that ''belen'' means ''slope'' in the Turkmen lang ...

, a town and district of Hatay Province *

Belen, Kumluca Belen is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kumluca, Antalya Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, t ...

, Antalya Province * Belen, Kıbrıscık, Bolu Province * Belen, Tarsus, Mersin Province *

Belen Pass The Belen Pass ( tr, Belen Geçidi), known in antiquity as the Syrian Gates ( grc-gre, Συρίαι πύλαι, ''Syríai Pýlai''; la, Syriae Portae), is a pass through the Nur Mountains located in the Belen District of Hatay Province in sou ...

United States

Belen, Mississippi Belen is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Belen is located on Mississippi Highway 316, west of Marks Marks may refer to: Business * Mark's, a Canadian retail chain * Marks & Spencer, a British retail chain * C ...

Belen, New Mexico Belén (; es, Belén) is the second most populous city in Valencia County, New Mexico, Valencia County, New Mexico, United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 at the 2020 Census. Belén is Spanish language, Spanish ...

Belen (Rail Runner station) Belen is the southern terminus of the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in the center of the town of Belen, New Mexico, near the intersection of Reinken Avenue and Wisconsin Street. It serves residents of Belen and surroun ...

Elsewhere

Belén, Chile Belén (Chile) is a village in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, oc ...

Belén (canton) Belén is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The head city is in San Antonio district. History Belén was created on 8 June 1907 by decree 15. Geography Belén has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The area is ...

, Heredia, Costa Rica *

Belén, Honduras Belén is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. The latitude is 15.75 north, the longitude is 87.93 west, and the altitude is 313 meters. Belén is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located south eas ...

Belén, Rivas Belén is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica ...

, Nicaragua * Belén River, Panama *

Belén, Paraguay Belén is a town in the Concepción Department of Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bo ...

Beleń Beleń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zapolice, within Zduńska Wola County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zapolice, south-west of Zduńska Wola, and south-west of the region ...

, Poland *

Belén, Uruguay Belén is a village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay. Belén is also the name of the municipality to which the village belongs. Location The village is located on the mouth of the stream Arroyo Yacuy, on the banks of Uruguay River ...

People

Given feminine name

Belén Arjona Bel Arjona, born on 10 May 1981 in Madrid, is a Spanish singer and Songwriter. Best known is Spain as Belén Arjona, the singer was nominated in 2006 the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album. Biography Bel Arjona (known in Spain ...

(born 1981), Spanish singer *

Belén Asensio Belén Asensio (born December 21, 1976) is a female taekwondo practitioner from Spain. She won the gold medal in the finweight (-47 kg) class at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Asensio won th ...

(born 1976), Spanish taekwondo practitioner *

Belén Esteban María Belén Esteban Menéndez (born 9 November 1973 in Madrid) is a Spanish television personality. She has appeared in various programmes including the long-running ''Sálvame'', a show which has been characterised as junk TV. She is known as ...

(born 1973), Spanish television personality *

Belén Estévez Belén Estévez (b. Buenos Aires, September 25, 1984) is an Argentinian dancer and Vedette (entertainer), vedette who began her career in Peru. She is known for winning "El Gran Show" in 2010 and 2011. Reality show * 2010: ''El Gran Show (seas ...

(born 1981), Argentine dancer and vedette *

Belén Fabra Belén Fabra (born 3 November 1977) is a Spanish actress. Career Belén Fabra started by playing small roles in numerous theater plays, films and television series. She made her breakthrough with the 2007 play ''Plataforma'', for which she was ...

(born 1977), Spanish actress *

Belén Gache Belén Gache (Buenos Aires, 1960) is a Spanish-Argentinian novelist and experimental writer. Of Spanish and Gibraltarian descent, she was born in Buenos Aires. She lives in Madrid. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aires where she was pro ...

(born 1960), Spanish-Argentinian writer *

Belén Gopegui Belén Ruiz de Gopegui Durán (born 1963, in Madrid) is a Spanish novelist and screenwriter. Biography Gopegui is a Spanish novelist and essayist who has been hailed by contemporary critics as an unmissable and highly influential voice in Spa ...

(born 1963), Spanish writer *

Belén López (disambiguation) Belén López may refer to: * Belén López (actress) (born 1970), Spanish actress * Belén López (flamenco dancer) (born 1986), Spanish flamenco and classical dancer * Belén López (cyclist) (born 1984), Spanish cyclist * Belén López, a cha ...

Belén Rodríguez María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (, ; born 20 September 1984), better known as Belén Rodríguez or Belén, is an Argentine television personality, actress and model. Based in Milan since 2004, Rodríguez has hosted variety shows and appeared ...

(born 1984), Argentine showgirl, model, and actress *

Belén Rueda María Belén Rueda García-Porrero (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish actress. She became popular in Spain for her performances in the Globomedia-produced television series '' Periodistas'' (1998–2002) and, most notably, ''Los Serrano'' (2003� ...

(born 1965), Spanish actress *

Belén Sánchez Belén Sánchez (born December 24, 1972) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 200 m: 2001) and three ...

(born 1972), Spanish sprint canoer *

Belén Scalella Belén Scalella (born August 19, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress and singer. She is known for her television roles of Belén Menendez Pacheco in ''Rebelde Way'' and Belu in ''El Refugio (de los Sueños)''. As a member of music g ...

(born 1982), Argentine actress and singer *

Belén Succi María Belén Succi (born 16 October 1985) is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper. She plays with the Argentina national field hockey team, winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , and silver medal at the 2020 Summer O ...

(born 1985), Argentine field hockey player

Surname

Ana Belén María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951, Madrid), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer. Life/career Born in 1951, Ana Belén is the oldest of three children. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and ...

(born 1951), Spanish singer *

Marta Belen Marta Belen (December 1, 1942 – April 5, 2005) was an American opera singer, artist, and music coach. She was the first American to record Rachmaninoff's art songs in Russian. Early life and education Marta Belen was born Martha Gradine Pinne ...

(1942–2005), American opera singer

Education

Belen High School (Belen, New Mexico) 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), Bo ...

* Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Florida *

Instituto Técnico Militar The Instituto Técnico Militar (lit. Technical Military Institute), originally designed as the Colegio de Belén, Havana, is located at 45th and 66th streets in Marianao, Havana, Cuba. History Her Majesty Isabella II, Queen of Spain, issued a ...

, formerly Colegio de Belén, Havana, Cuba

Other uses

* Belén, a traditional nativity scene common in the Philippines during the Christmas season *

Belén Fraga Belén Fraga is a fictional character from the Argentina, Argentine telenovela ''Chiquititas'', also known as ''Tiny Angels''. The character was portrayed by Romina Yan from 1995 to 1998 on television and on stage, as well as in the ''Chiquititas ...

, a fictional character in the Argentine telenovela ''Chiquititas'' *

Belen point The Belen point is an unfluted, lanceolate-shaped Paleoindian projectile point found in the central Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. It is the second most prevalent Paleoindian point in the area after the Folsom point. It was named in the 1960s by ...

, a type of projectile point *

A.D. Belén The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord', but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", ...

, a Costa Rican football club