Junín Department
Concepción Province
Concepción District

Concepción

Concepción is a town in central , capital of the province Concepción in the region Junín. 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 fought to the last man against 1,300 Peruvian soldiers and guerillas.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: city in Peru
  • Also known as: “Concepcion” and “Concepción, Junín”

Concepción

Latitude
-11.91844° or 11° 55′ 6″ south
Longitude
-75.31304° or 75° 18′ 47″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
3,287 metres (10,784 feet)
Open location code
57W63MJP+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 496271422
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3942548
Wiki­data ID
Q43418
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Concepción” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Concepción”
  • Aymara: “Kunsipsyun”
  • Basque: “Concepción”
  • Catalan: “Concepción”
  • Cebuano: “Concepción”
  • Chinese: “康塞普西翁”
  • Dutch: “Concepción”
  • French: “Concepción”
  • German: “Concepción”
  • Italian: “Concepción (Perù)”
  • Italian: “Concepción”
  • Lithuanian: “Konsepsjonas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Concepción”
  • Persian: “کانسپشن (خنین)”
  • Persian: “کانسپشن”
  • Portuguese: “Concepção”
  • Portuguese: “Concepción”
  • Quechua: “Kunsipsyun, Hunin”
  • Quechua: “Kunsipsyun”
  • Russian: “Консепсьон”
  • Spanish: “Concepción (Perú)”
  • Spanish: “Concepcion”
  • Spanish: “Concepción”
  • Swedish: “Concepción, Peru”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Concepción, Junín”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Concepción”
  • Welsh: “Concepción”

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