Concepción Province, Peru
Concepción Province is one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru. Its capital is Concepción.
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 |
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.
Geography
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
The province is divided into seventeen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
References
- escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region)
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