Concepción Province, Peru

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Provincia de Concepción
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Location in the Junín Region
Country
Region		 Flag of Peru Peru
Junín
Founded
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


Logo of the Junín Regional Government Provinces of the Junín Region

Chanchamayo | Chupaca | Concepción | Huancayo | Jauja | Junín | Satipo | Tarma | Yauli
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