Belen on the Camino Real, New Mexico
N 35° 42.010 W 106° 46.890
13S E 338823 N 3952156
The nearby town uses the name "Belen", which is explained by this sign.
Waymark Code: WMD4XA
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2011
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Belen on the Camino Real
Population 5617 Elevation 4800 ft
By the mid 18th century, Spanish colonization had begun along the Rio Grande south of Albuquerque. The Belen land grant was made to encourage this expansion, and colonists from Albuquerque settled here around 1740. The early community also included a group of genizaros or Hispanicized Indians. Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem.
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