Concepción
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Concepción is the name of several towns and cities. The largest of these is Concepción, Chile
, the conurbation of which is home to over one million people. Concepción is also a Spanish female name.
Concepción, Chile
Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
, the conurbation of which is home to over one million people. Concepción is also a Spanish female name.
- Argentina
- Concepción del UruguayConcepción del UruguayConcepción del Uruguay is a city in Argentina.It is located in the Entre Ríos province, on the western shore of the Uruguay River, some 320 kilometers north from Buenos Aires. Its population is about 65,000 inhabitants .-History:...
, Entre Ríos - Concepción de la Sierra Department, Misiones
- Concepción de la SierraConcepción de la SierraConcepción de la Sierra is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina.The town sits on the original location of the Jesuit Reduction, founded in 1619. The Jesuit heritage is still visible. The Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish Empire in 1767....
- Concepción Department (Argentina)Concepción Department (Argentina)Concepción Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 18,411 inhabitants in an area of 5,008 km², and its capital city is Concepción.-Settlements:*Colonia Santa Rosa...
, Corrientes - Concepción, CorrientesConcepción, CorrientesConcepción is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina.It is the capital of Concepción Department.-External links:...
- Concepción del Bermejo, Chaco
- Concepción de Buena EsperanzaConcepción de Buena EsperanzaConcepción de Buena Esperanza was a Spanish city that existed between 1585 and 1632 in current Chaco Province, Argentina. During its time it was of the most important cities in Río de la Plata government...
, dead city in current Chaco province - Concepción, TucumánConcepción, TucumánConcepción is a city and the department seat of Chicligasta in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is located 76 km south of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán and has a population of 47,693...
- Concepción, Catamarca
- Concepción del Uruguay
- Bolivia
- Concepción, Santa CruzConcepción, Santa CruzThis article is about the Bolivian town. For other towns/cities named Concepción, see Concepción .Concepción is a town in the lowlands of Eastern Bolivia...
- Concepción Lake
- Concepción, Santa Cruz
- Chile
- Concepción Province, ChileConcepción Province, ChileConcepción Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . Its capital, Concepción, is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation, the nation's second largest metropolitan area after Santiago.-Administration:...
- Concepción, ChileConcepción, ChileConcepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ConcepciónRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ConcepciónThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.-History:* March 22, 1563: Established as Diocese of La Imperial from the Diocese of Santiago de Chile* 1603: Renamed as Diocese of Concepción...
- Greater ConcepciónGreater ConcepciónGran Concepción is the second largest conurbation in Chile, after Greater Santiago with 1,013,856 inhabitants. According to the National Statistics Institute , the population projection for 2012 is 1,019,775 inhabitants....
- Concepción Province, Chile
- Colombia
- Concepción, AntioquiaConcepción, AntioquiaConcepción is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia....
- Concepción, SantanderConcepción, SantanderConcepción is a municipality in the Colombian department of Santander. founded in 1720 by Pedro Angarita, a soldier with the Spanish Tercios....
- Concepción, Antioquia
- Guatemala
- Concepción ChiquirichapaConcepción ChiquirichapaConcepción Chiquirichapa is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala.The municipality of Concepción Chiquirichapa, is part of the 81 municipalities in the Western Highlands of Guatemala...
- Concepción HuistaConcepción HuistaConcepción Huista is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango....
- Concepción Las MinasConcepción Las MinasConcepción Las Minas is a municipality in southern Chiquimula department of Guatemala in Central America.-History:Concepción Las Minas was recognized as a municipality on 8 June 1893 by decree of President José María Reyna Barrios; however the current municipality and its boundaries was created on...
- Concepción TutuapaConcepción TutuapaConcepción Tutuapa is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala....
- Concepción, SololáConcepción, SololáConcepción is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala....
- Concepción Chiquirichapa
- Mexico
- Concepción, Campeche
- Concepción, Tabasco
- Paraguay
- Concepción, ParaguayConcepción, Paraguay- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
- Concepción Department (Paraguay)Concepción Department (Paraguay)Concepción is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Concepción.- History :Throughout history, this department has suffered a great amount of poblational instability, especially in the times of the colony, due to the advance of the Brazilian “bandeirantes” through the east and the...
- Concepción, Paraguay
- Peru
- Concepción Province, PeruConcepción Province, PeruConcepción Province is one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru. Its capital is Concepción.Notable sites include El convento de Ocopa, which contains a vast library and artefacts that were acquired from the first Spanish expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.-Political...
- Concepción District, Junín
- Concepción, JunínConcepción, JunínConcepción is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Concepción in the region Junín.-External links:*...
- Concepción District, Ayacucho
- Concepción, Ayacucho
- Concepción Province, Peru
- Philippines
- Concepcion, IloiloConcepcion, IloiloThe Municipality of Concepcion is a 4th class, coastal municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. As of 2007, it had a population of 36,881.-Geography:...
- Concepcion, Misamis OccidentalConcepcion, Misamis OccidentalConcepcion is a municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 6,900 people in 1,487 households.-Barangays:Concepcion is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.* Bagong Nayon...
- Concepcion, RomblonConcepcion, RomblonConcepcion is a municipality in the island of Maestro de Campo or Sibale in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 4,683 people in 1,063 households.-Population of Concepcion at various times:...
- Concepcion, TarlacConcepcion, TarlacConcepcion is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 135,213 people in 20,851 households. The 2007 Municipal Survey counted Concepcion with 133,011 of Population....
- Concepcion, Iloilo
- Venezuela
- Concepción, Zulia
- United States
- Concepcíon, CaliforniaConcepcíon, CaliforniaConcepcíon is a former Yuma settlement in Imperial County, California. It was located at Fort Yuma.-References:...
- Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, Texas
- Concepcíon, California
- Also:
- Concepción (volcano)Concepción (volcano)Concepción is one of two volcanoes that form the island of Ometepe, which is situated in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, Central America....
- A volcano in Nicaragua - Battle of ConcepciónBattle of ConcepcionThe Battle of Concepción was fought on October 28, 1835 between Mexican troops under Colonel Domingo Ugartechea and Texian insurgents led by James Bowie and James Fannin. The 30-minute engagement, which historian J.R...
- A battle in the Texas War of Independence - Concepción (Ship) - A ship in the Chilean Navy
- Concepción (San Blas) - a ship from the Naval Department of San Blas, prominent in exploration of the British Columbia Coast
- Dave ConcepciónDave ConcepciónDavid Ismael Concepción Benitez , better known as Dave Concepción, is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua State, Venezuela...
, former Major League baseball player, was an All-Star shortstop, playing his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds during the 1970s and 1980s - Concepcion PicciottoConcepcion PicciottoConcepcion Picciotto , also known as Conchita or Connie, has lived in Lafayette Square on the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., in a peace camp across from the White House, since August 1, 1981, in protest of nuclear arms...
, a peace activist who's been demonstrating at the White House 24x7x365 since 1981 - El Concepcion (Nuestra Señora de la Limpia y Pura Concepcion), sunk at the Silver Bank in 1641
- Vincent and Liza Concepcion, respondents in the United States Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility v. ConcepcionAT&T Mobility v. ConcepcionAT&T Mobility v. Concepcion is a legal dispute that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. On April 27, 2011, the Court ruled, by a 5–4 margin, that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class action lawsuits, such as the law previously...
- Concepción (volcano)