Belén District, Sucre

District in Ayacucho, Peru

Belén District
District

Location of Belen in the Sucre province
Country	Peru
Department	Ayacucho
Province	Sucre
Founded	November 23, 1964
Capital	Belén
Subdivisions	4 populated places
Government
• Mayor	Julián Elías Cárdenas Pérez
Area
• Total	41.46 km² (16.01 sq mi)
Elevation	3,195 m (10,482 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	611
• Density	15/km² (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050902

Belén is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

History

Belén District was created by Law No.15231 in Nov 23, 1964, during first term of President Fernando Belaúnde

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:^[1]

Belen
Socos
Cochayocc
Cuije

Population

The population of Belén is 611 people, 292 men and 319 women.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.32%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.52% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Authorities

Mayors

2011-2014: Julián Elías Cárdenas Pérez.
2007-2010: José Luis Romero Sheron.

Festivities

References

^ ^a ^b INEI Archived 2007-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)