Belén
Belén is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua with approximately 22,000 inhabitants. Belén has about 16,400 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 16,400 residents
- Description: municipality in Rivas Department, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Belen”, “Belén Municipality”, “Belén, Nicaragua”, and “Municipality of Belén”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potosí and Buenos Aires.
Potosí
Town
Potosí is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. The primary industry is agriculture. It is the birthplace of Don José Laureano Pineda. Potosí is situated 3½ km east of Belén.
Buenos Aires
Town
Buenos Aires is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua, located on the western shore of Lake Nicaragua. Buenos Aires is situated 9 km southeast of Belén.
Tola
Town
Photo: Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tola is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. Tola means "Land of Tula", or "Land of the Toltecs" and its etymology derives from Nahuatl Tōllān, the altepetl of the Classic and Post Classic Toltec Empire of central Mexico. Tola is situated 9 km southwest of Belén.
Belén
- Categories: municipality of Nicaragua and locality
- Location: Rivas Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.50163° or 11° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
-85.88679° or 85° 53′ 12″ westPopulation
16,400Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)Open location code
763PG427+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3108830263OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3620734Wikidata ID
Q1647916
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Belén” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Belén”
- Basque: “Belén (udalerria)”
- Basque: “Belén”
- Basque: “Belénko udalerria”
- Cebuano: “Belén nga Munisipyo”
- Cebuano: “Belén”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de Belén”
- Cebuano: “Munisipyo sa Belén”
- Chinese: “Belén”
- Chinese: “貝倫（市镇）”
- Chinese: “貝倫”
- Chinese: “貝倫市镇”
- Dutch: “Belén (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Belén”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Belén”
- French: “Belén (municipalité)”
- French: “Belén”
- French: “Municipalité de Belén”
- German: “Belén (Gemeinde)”
- German: “Belén”
- German: “Gemeinde Belén”
- German: “Gemeinde von Belén”
- Greek: “Δήμος Μπελέν”
- Greek: “Μπελέν (δήμος)”
- Greek: “Μπελέν”
- Italian: “Belén (comune)”
- Italian: “Belén”
- Italian: “Comune di Belén”
- Japanese: “ベレン（自治体）”
- Japanese: “ベレン”
- Japanese: “ベレン自治体”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belén chhiūⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belén”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chhiūⁿ Belén”
- Polish: “Belén (gmina)”
- Polish: “Gmina Belén”
- Portuguese: “Belén (município)”
- Portuguese: “Belén (Nicarágua)”
- Portuguese: “Belén”
- Portuguese: “Município de Belén”
- Russian: “Белен (муниципалитет)”
- Russian: “Белен”
- Russian: “Муниципалитет Белен”
- Spanish: “Belén (Municipio)”
- Spanish: “Belén”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Belén”
- Swedish: “Belén (kommun)”
- Swedish: “Belén kommun”
- Swedish: “Belén, Nicaragua”
- Swedish: “Belén”
- Urdu: “بیلین، ریواز”
- Urdu: “بیلین”
- Vietnamese: “Belén (đô thị)”
- Vietnamese: “Belén”
- Vietnamese: “Đô thị Belén”
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