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Concepción province, Peru
Province in Junín, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Concepción is one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru. Its capital 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:[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
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Political division
The province is divided into seventeen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
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