Belén is a village in the

Salto Department Salto Department () is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 124,878. Its capital is the city of Salto. It borders Artigas Department to its north, Paysandú Department to its south, the depar ...

of northwestern

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. 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, northwest of

Arapey Termas del Arapey (which means Hot Springs of Arapey) is a resort village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay. Location The resort is located on the Río Arapey Grande, a tributary of Río Uruguay, into a road that splits off Route 3 ...

and north of Salto.

History

It was first established as "Pueblo" (village) on 12 January 1860 and then re-established on 7 May 1862 by the Act of Ley Nº 705 and again on 2 October 1867 by the Act of Ley Nº 896.

Population

In 2011, Belén had a population of 1,926. MunSalto-Belen

Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

References

External links

INE map of Belén and Chacras de Belén
Populated places in the Salto Department 1862 establishments in Uruguay {{Salto-geo-stub