Río Belen

Río Belen is an intermittent stream in La Libertad Department, El Salvador. Río Belen is situated nearby to the locality San Andrés, as well as near Rancho Gracar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joya de Ceren and Ciudad Arce.

Joya de Ceren

Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Joya de Ceren is an archaeological site in Western El Salvador. It was a Mayan village that was buried under tons of lava when the nearby San Salvador Volcano erupted in 600 AD.

Ciudad Arce is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is approximately 25 kilometres northwest of the national capital, San Salvador. It is named after Manuel José Arce. Ciudad Arce is situated 7 km northwest of Río Belen.

Río Belen

Type: Intermittent stream
Also known as: “Rio Belen”
Category: body of water
Location: La Libertad Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude

13.79556° or 13° 47′ 44″ north

Longitude

-89.39944° or 89° 23′ 58″ west

Elevation

453 metres (1,486 feet)

Open location code

765GQJW2+66

GeoNames ID

3810451

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Localities in the Area

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