Concepción Province, Peru
| Concepción | ||
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| Province | ||
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| Country | Peru | |
| Region | Junín | |
| Capital | Concepción | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Oscar Enrique Berrios Fuentes | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,067.52 km2 (1,184.38 sq mi) | |
| Population (2002 estimate) | ||
| • Total | 71,215 | |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) | |
| 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.
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 de Ocopa
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Coordinates: 11°55′07″S 75°18′46″W / 11.918478°S 75.312889°W