Official Name: | Concepción |
Flag Size: | Escudo de Concepción Perú.jpg |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Junín |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Concepción |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Concepción |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Benjamín Próspero De la Cruz Palomino (2019-2022) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 8 December 1537 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Population Total: | 15428 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | concepcionino/a |
Timezone: | PET |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -11.9185°N -75.3129°W |
Elevation M: | 3283 |
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.