Concepción Province, Peru
Concepción | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Concepción in the Junín Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Junín |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benjamín Próspero De la Cruz Palomino (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,067.52 km2 (1,184.38 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 55,591 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/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 Santa Rosa de Ocopa", which contains a vast library and artefacts that were acquired from the first Spanish expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Geography
[edit]The Huaytapallana mountain range traverses the province.
Some of the highest peaks of the province are:[1]
- Allpa Q'asa
- Anchhi
- Aywin
- Challwayuq
- Chichi Q'asa
- Ch'uspi
- Kawituyuq
- Kimaqucha
- Kimsa Uchku
- Kiswar
- Liwinayuq
- Llant'a Pallaku
- Lasu Pata
- Marayrasu
- Muratayuq
- Pachaqniyuq
- Pinkuylluyuq Punta
- Puma Kusma
- Putkaqucha
- Putkaqucha (Concepción)
- Puywan
- Quchayuq
- Qutu Qutu
- T'illu
- Uma Pukyu
- Utkhulasu
- Utkhu Warqu
- Wamanripayuq
- Warmi Sinqa
- Waytapallana
- Yanaqucha
Political division
[edit]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
References
[edit]- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region)
External links
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