Concepción Province, Peru

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Concepción
Image:Location of Concepcion Province, Peru.png
Location of Concepción in the Junín region
Coat of Arms
Country Flag of Peru Peru
Region Junín
Capital Concepción
Area
Area
Elevation (capital)
3,067.52 km2
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population
 - Total
 - Density

71,215 (2002 estimate)
23.2/km² 
Mayor Oscar Enrique Berrios Fuentes
Subdivisions 8 districts
UBIGEO 120201
Official website
www.municoncepcion.gob.pe

Concepción Province is one of 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):

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