| Concepción | |||
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| Location of Concepción in the Junín Region | |||
| Country | Peru | ||
| Region | Junín | ||
| Founded | |||
| Capital | Concepción | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Oscar Enrique Berrios Fuentes | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,067.52 km2 (1,184.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 71,215 | ||
| UBIGEO | 120201 | ||
| 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.
The province is divided into seventeen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
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