Belen, Belén or Beleń may refer to:
Places
* Belén, the Spanish name for
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem, and the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. It had a population of people, as of . The city's economy is strongly linked to Tourism in the State of Palesti ...
Argentina
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Belén, Catamarca
Bolivia
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Belén (Aroma), La Paz Department, Bolivia
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Belén (Potosí)
Belen, Belén or Beleń may refer to:
Places
* Belén, the Spanish name for Bethlehem
Argentina
* Belén, Catamarca
Bolivia
* Belén (Aroma), La Paz Department, Bolivia
* Belén (Potosí), Bolivia
Colombia
* Belén, Boyacá
* Belén, ...
, Bolivia
Colombia
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Belén, Boyacá
Belén is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. Belen is also part of the Tundama Province a subregion of Boyaca.
Born in Belén
* Eduardo Grimaldi
Eduardo Grimaldi (1929–2010) was a Colombian ecologist whose work included ...
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Belén, Nariño
Belén is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, 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 Co ...
*Belén,
Medellín
Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...
, Antioquia.
Peru
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Belén District, Maynas
Belén District is one of thirteen districts of the Maynas Province in Peru. Belén (Spanish for Bethlehem) lies at the edge of the city of Iquitos, in the floodplain of the Itaya River. It is home to some 65,000 people, most of them poor, and ...
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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 p ...
Turkey
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Belen, Çanakkale
Belen is a village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province () is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale. Its area is 9,817 km2, a ...
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Belen, Ezine
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Belen, Hani
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Belen, Hatay
Belen is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 184 km2, and its population is 34,449 (2022).
Etymology
When describing his visit to the region in the 17th century, Evliya Çelebi mentioned that ''belen'' means ''s ...
, a town and district of Hatay Province
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Belen, Kumluca, Antalya Province
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Belen, Kıbrıscık, Bolu Province
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Belen, Tarsus, Mersin Province
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Belen Pass
United States
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Belen, Mississippi
Belen is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Belen is located on Mississippi Highway 316, west of Marks.
History
Belen is named for the assault that occurred at the
Belén Gate during the Battle for Mexico City. Joh ...
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Belen, New Mexico
Belén (; ) is the second most populated city in Valencia County, New Mexico, the United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 as of the 2020 Census.
Belén is Spanish for Bethlehem. It gained the nickname "Hub Ci ...
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Belen (Rail Runner station)
Elsewhere
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Belén, Chile
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Belén (canton)
Belén is the seventh canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The head city is in San Antonio district.
It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area, where the housing area constitutes at least 25% of the canton's surface.
It limits to th ...
, Heredia, Costa Rica
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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 ea ...
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Belén, Rivas, Nicaragua
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Belén River
The Belén River is a river in Panama.
Discovery
It was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his fourth—and last—voyage to the New World, following a two-year search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean and the Far East. In January 1503, ...
, Panama
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Belén, Paraguay Belén is a town in the Concepción Department of Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil t ...
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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
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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.
Geography
The village is located on the mouth of the stream Arroyo Yacuy, on the banks of Uruguay River ...
People
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Belen (given name) Belén is a feminine given name. People with the name include:
* Belén Arjona (born 1981), Spanish singer
* Belén Asensio (born 1976), Spanish taekwondo practitioner
* Belén Casetta (born 1994), Argentine runner
* Belén Esteban (born 1973), Spa ...
, a list of people
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Ana Belén
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer. She and her husband are considered symbols of the Spanish Transition, and her songs and albums often feature boldly-titled ...
(born 1951), Spanish singer
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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
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Mhicaela Belen (born 2002), Filipino volleyball player
Schools
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Belen High School (Belen, New Mexico), United States
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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School ( Spanish: ''Colegio Preparatorio Jesuita Belén'') is a private, Catholic, all-male, preparatory school run by the Antilles Province of the Society of Jesus in Tamiami, Page 1anPage 2/ref> unincorporated Mi ...
, Miami, Florida, United States
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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
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Belén, a traditional Christmas nativity scene common in the Philippines
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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''
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A.D. Belén
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian and Julian 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", tak ...
, a Costa Rican football club
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Belen point, a type of projectile point
See also
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Belem (disambiguation)
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Bilen (disambiguation)
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