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Belén is a municipality in the Nariño Department. It was
founded in1885 as part of La Cruz,
and became a municipality on 20 January 1956.
The flag of Belén is horizontally divided yellow over green. In
the center there is a device ("cuero", leather). In one
image there is only this
device and in another
there is also a coffee bean ("pepa de cafè") in its
center.
Source: municipal
web site
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carrillo, 12 August
2008
Tannery and agriculture represents 70% and 15% of the village
resources, respectively. The product labelled "natural
leather" is manufactured exclusively in this part of
Colombia.
Ivan Sache, 27 August 2008
