La Playa de Belén

La Playa or La Playa de Belén is a Colombian municipality in the department of North Santander. La Playa is among Colombia's most-atmospheric and best-preserved 19th-century pueblos.
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  • Type: Town with 641 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Norte de Santander
  • Also known as: La Playa de Belen”, “La Playa, Colombia”, and “La Playa, North Santander

Places of Interest

Highlights include Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area.

Cliff
The is one of the smaller , covering only 6 km2, located in the in the .

La Playa de Belén

Latitude
8.2137° or 8° 12′ 49″ north
Longitude
-73.2382° or 73° 14′ 17″ west
Population
641
Elevation
1,523 metres (4,997 feet)
Open location code
67W86Q76+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 599055977
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3678089
Wiki­data ID
Q1971807
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“La Playa de Belén” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: La Playa de Belén (Colombia)
  • Asturian: La Playa de Belén
  • Cebuano: La Playa
  • Chinese: La Playa
  • Chinese: 拉普拉亞
  • Dutch: La Playa de Belén
  • Dutch: La Playa
  • French: La Playa de Belén
  • Galician: La Playa de Belén
  • Georgian: ლა-პლაია-დე-ბელენი
  • Irish: La Playa de Belén
  • Italian: La Playa de Belén
  • Kotava: La Playa de Belén
  • Malay: La Playa de Belen
  • Min Nan Chinese: La Playa
  • Persian: لا پلایا د بلن
  • Polish: La Playa de Belén
  • Russian: Ла-Плая-де-Белен
  • Spanish: La Playa de Belen
  • Spanish: La Playa de Belén
  • Spanish: Municipio de La Playa
  • Swedish: La Playa
  • Tagalog: La Playa de Belen
  • Turkish: La Playa de Belen (belediye)
  • Turkish: La Playa de Belén (belediye)
  • Turkish: La Playa de Belen belediyesi
  • Turkish: La Playa de Belén belediyesi
  • Turkish: La Playa de Belén
  • Urdu: لا پلایا دے بیلین
  • Uzbek: La Playa de Belén
  • Vietnamese: La Playa de Belén
  • Waray (Philippines): La Playa de Belen
  • La Playa de Belén

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Playa de Belén”. Photo: Jaiclar, CC BY 3.0.