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Belén is a department
Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act....
 of Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants in an area of 12,945km², and its capital city is Belén
Belén, Catamarca

Bel?n is a small town in the provinces of Argentina of Catamarca Province, Argentina. It has about 12,000 inhabitants according to the , and it is the head town of the department of the same name....
, which is located around 1,465km from Capital Federal.








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Belén is a department
Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act....
 of Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants in an area of 12,945km², and its capital city is Belén
Belén, Catamarca

Bel?n is a small town in the provinces of Argentina of Catamarca Province, Argentina. It has about 12,000 inhabitants according to the , and it is the head town of the department of the same name....
, which is located around 1,465km from Capital Federal.

Economy


The mainstay of the economy is farming, but there are also a number of mines in the department, with the extraction of gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
 and various minerals.

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