| Belén | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Belén district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Belén district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.4061°N -85.5647°W |
| Map Alt: | Belén district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 16 June 1877 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guanacaste |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carrillo |
| Area Total Km2: | 181.55 |
| Elevation M: | 34 |
| Population Total: | 8841 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 50504 |
Belén is a district of the Carrillo canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Originally known as Spanish; Castilian: Villita (Little Village), its current name of Belén is the Spanish name for Bethlehem and comes in the wake of the festivities that were held each 25 December dedicated to the Child Jesus, since the priest Fray Juan Paz arrived in the community in 1885 and saw the devotion of the people for the Child Jesus of Bethlehem and he proposed the name for that community.
Belén was created on 16 June 1877 by Decreto 22. Segregated from Santa Cruz canton. The present church was built in 1969 and the park was built in the period 1974-1978.
Belén has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
Administrative center of the district is the village of Belén.
Other villages in the district are Alto San Antonio, Cachimbo, Castilla de Oro, Coyolito, Gallina, Juanilama, Loma Bonita, Llano, Ojochal, Palestina, Palmas, Paraíso, Penca, Planes, Poroporo, Río Cañas Nuevo, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo.
For the 2011 census, Belén had a population of inhabitants. [4]
The district is covered by the following road routes: