Concepción Province, Peru
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 Location in the Junín Region |
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| Founded | |
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| Capital | Concepción |
| Area | 3,067.52 km² |
| Population - Total - Density |
71,215 (2002 estimate) 23.2/km² |
| Subdivisions | 8 districts |
Concepción Province is one of the nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru. Its capital is Concepción.
Notable sites include El convento de Ocopa, which contains a vast library and artefacts that were acquired from the first Spanish expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
[edit] Political division
The province is divided into seventeen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
- Concepción
- Aco
- Andamarca
- Chambara
- Cochas
- Comas
- Heroínas Toledo
- Manzanares
- Mariscal Castilla
- Matahuasi
- Mito
- Nueve de Julio
- Orcotuna
- San José
- Santa Rosa
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Provinces of the Junín Region | |
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Chanchamayo | Chupaca | Concepción | Huancayo | Jauja | Junín | Satipo | Tarma | Yauli |
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