Belen
Belen is a town in central New Mexico, 30 miles south of Albuquerque. Belen was founded in 1740 as a small Spanish settlement. Nearly a century ago the town became the center of railroad operations in New Mexico, creating its nickname "The Hub City".
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.- Type: Town with 7,470 residents
- Description: city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “Belem”, “Belen (New Mexico)”, “Belen (NM)”, “Belen (Novo México)”, “Belen, New Mexico”, “Belen, NM”, “Bethel”, “Nuestra Senora de Belen”, “Nuestra Senora de Belen *”, “Белен (город в США)”, “ベーリン”, and “贝伦”
- Postal code: 87002
Places of Interest
Highlights: Belen station and Belen Public Library.
Belen station
Railway station
Photo: PerryPlanet, Public domain.Belén High School
School
Belén High School is a public high school located in Belen, Valencia County, New Mexico.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sausal and Rio Communities.
Rio Communities
Town
Rio Communities is a city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Rio Communities is situated 2½ miles east of Belen.
Pueblitos
Hamlet
Pueblitos is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Pueblitos is situated 2½ miles south of Belen.
Belen
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Valencia, Central New Mexico, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.6627° or 34° 39′ 46″ north
Longitude
-106.7762° or 106° 46′ 34″ west
Population
7,470
Elevation
4,810 feet (1,466 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US BLN
Open location code
856MM67F+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Belen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيلين”
- Basque: “Belen”
- Cebuano: “Belen”
- Chechen: “Белен”
- Chinese: “貝倫”
- Croatian: “Belen, Novi Meksiko”
- Croatian: “Belen”
- Dagbani: “Belen”
- Danish: “Belen”
- Dutch: “Belen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيلين”
- French: “Belen”
- German: “Belen”
- Gilaki: “بلن”
- Irish: “Belen”
- Italian: “Belen”
- Japanese: “ベレン”
- Kazakh: “Бэлен”
- Kirghiz: “Бэлен”
- Ladin: “Belen”
- Mazanderani: “بلن (نیومکزیکو)”
- Mazanderani: “بلن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belen”
- Norwegian: “Belen”
- Persian: “بلن، نیومکزیکو”
- Persian: “بلن”
- Polish: “Belen”
- Portuguese: “Belen”
- Russian: “Белен”
- Serbian: “Белен (Нови Мексико)”
- Serbian: “Белен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belen, New Mexico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belen”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلن، نیومکزیکو”
- Spanish: “Belén”
- Tatar: “Белен”
- Ukrainian: “Белен”
- Urdu: “بیلین، نیو میکسیکو”
- Volapük: “Belen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Belen, New Mexico”
- Waray (Philippines): “Belen”
- Welsh: “Belen, New Mexico”
- Welsh: “Belen”
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Places to explore: Los Trujillos and Bacaville.
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