Concepción, Junín

Concepción
Concepción
Town
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	Concepción
	Coordinates: 11°55′06.52″S 75°18′46.40″W
Country	Peru
Region	Junín
Province	Concepción
District	Concepción
Founded	8 December 1537
Government
• Mayor	Benjamín Próspero De la Cruz Palomino; (2019-2022)
Elevation	3,283 m (10,771 ft)
Population (2017)
• Total	15,428
Demonym	concepcionino/a
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Website	www.municoncepcion.gob.pe

Concepción is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Concepción in the region Junín.^[1]^[2] During the War of the Pacific in July 1882, Concepción was the location of the Battle of La Concepción, in which a force of 77 Chilean soldiers was annihilated by 1,300 Peruvians.

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(in Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de Concepción. Municipalidad Provincial de Concepción. Retrieved March 1, 2008
[2]
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 1, 2008.

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11°55′06.52″S 75°18′46.40″W

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[1] [1]
(in Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de Concepción. Municipalidad Provincial de Concepción. Retrieved March 1, 2008

[2] [2]
(in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 1, 2008.

[3] (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 1, 2008.

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