title: Belén Department
text: # Belén Department
  
  Belén is a department of Catamarca Province in Argentina.
  
  The provincial subdivision has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants in an area of 12,945 $km^2$ (4,998 sq mi), and its capital city is Belén, which is located around 1,465 kilometres from Buenos Aires City.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The mainstay of the economy is farming, but there are also a number of mines in the department, with the extraction of gold, silver and various minerals.
  
  