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
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in central
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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. Its
capital
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Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...
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
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''):
*
Concepción
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Aco
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*
Andamarca
*
Chambara
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Cochas
*
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
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Nueve de Julio ''Nueve de Julio'' (or ''9 de Julio'') means July 9 in Spanish. It may refer to:
* The date of the Argentine Declaration of Independence
* One of the following cities and towns in Argentina:
** Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province
** Nueve de Jul ...
*
Orcotuna
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San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
*
Santa Rosa de Ocopa
Santa Rosa de Ocopa is the name of a district of Concepción province, Department of Junin in Peru. It is also the name of the capital of the district, and the name of a historic monastery in the district called the Convent of Santa Rosa de Ocop ...
References
External links
Municipal website
Provinces of the Junín Region
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