Concepción Province, Peru

Concepción
Province
250px
Coat of arms
Country	Peru
Region	Junín
Capital	Concepción
Government
• Mayor	Oscar Enrique Berrios Fuentes
Area
• Total	3,067.52 km2 (1,184.38 sq mi)
Population  (2002 estimate)
• Total	71,215
• Density	23/km2 (60/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 Ocopa, which contains a vast library and artefacts that were acquired from the first Spanish expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

Geography

The Waytapallana mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:

Allpa Q'asa Anchhi Chichi Q'asa Ch'uspi Kimaqucha Kimsa Uchku Kiswar Llant'a Pallaku Lasu Pata Marayrasu Muratayuq

Puma Kusma Putkaqucha Putkaqucha (Concepción) Puywan Quchayuq T'illu 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):

• 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

• Municipal website (Spanish)