Concepción is a town in central

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, capital of the province Concepción in the region Junín.* Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. '
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''. Retrieved March 1, 2008. During the

War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert ...

in July 1882, Concepción was the location of the

Battle of La Concepción The Battle of Concepción () was fought between Chilean and Peruvian forces on July 9 and 10, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. Heavily outnumbered, the Chilean detachment of 77 men under the command of Captain Igna ...

, in which a force of 77 Chilean soldiers fought to the last man against 1,300 Peruvian soldiers and guerillas.

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Municipal website
Populated places in the Department of Junín {{Junín-geo-stub