- Concepción Province, Peru
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Concepción — Province — 
Coat of armsLocation of Concepción in the Junín RegionLocation of Concepción in the Junín RegionCountry 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.
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
External links
Provinces of Junín Region | Peru
Categories:- Provinces of the Junín Region
- Provinces of Peru
- Junín Region geography stubs
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