Belén is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Boyacá Department Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mount ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. 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 The province is named after ''cacique'' Tundama Tundama or Saymoso (15th century – late December 1539 in ...

a subregion of Boyaca.

Born in Belén

Eduardo Grimaldi Eduardo Grimaldi (1929–2010) was a Colombian ecologist whose work included projects to combat erosion and restoration work in the "Cerros Orientales" (Eastern mountains) in Bogotá after fire in the early 1970s. He was born in Belén, Boyacá, C ...

, Colombian ecologist

External links

Belen official website
Municipalities of Boyacá Department {{Boyacá-geo-stub