Concepción Province is one of nine provinces in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
*Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
*Juní ...
in central
Peru
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. Its
capital
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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
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.
Geography
The
Huaytapallana mountain range traverses the province.
Some of the highest peaks of the province are:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region)]
Political division
The province is divided into seventeen
districts
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( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''):
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Concepción
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Aco
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Andamarca
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Chambara
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Cochas
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Comas
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Heroínas Toledo
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Manzanares
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Mariscal Castilla
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Matahuasi
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Mito
Mito may refer to:
Places
*Mito, Ibaraki, capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
*Mito, Aichi, a Japanese town
*Mito, Shimane, a Japanese town
* Mitō, Yamaguchi, a Japanese town
* Mito District, a district in the province of Concepción, Per ...
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Nueve de Julio
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Orcotuna
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San José
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Santa Rosa de Ocopa
Santa Rosa de Ocopa is the name of a Districts of Peru, district of Concepción Province, Peru, Concepción province, Department of Junin (Department of Peru), Junin in Peru. It is also the name of the capital of the district, and the name of a hi ...
References
External links
Municipal website
Provinces of the Junín Region
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