Concepción, Junín

Town in Junín, Peru

11°55′06.52″S 75°18′46.40″W / 11.9184778°S 75.3128889°W / -11.9184778; -75.3128889Country

PeruRegionJunínProvinceConcepciónDistrictConcepciónFounded8 December 1537Government

• MayorBenjamín Próspero De la Cruz Palomino
(2019-2022)Elevation

3,283 m (10,771 ft)Population

(2017)

• Total15,428Demonymconcepcionino/aTime zoneUTC-5 (PET)Websitewww.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.

References

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