Belén District, Sucre

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:
 * Belen
 * Socos
 * Cochayocc
 * Cuije

Population
The population of Belén is 611 people, 292 men and 319 women.

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).

Mayors

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