Concepción

Concepción (Spanish for "conception," in reference to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine) or Concepcion may refer to:

Geography

Argentina

• Concepción, Catamarca, a village
• Concepción, Corrientes, a town
• Concepción, Tucumán, a city
• Concepción de Buena Esperanza, dead city in Chaco province
• Concepción de la Sierra, Misiones Province, a village
• Concepción del Bermejo, Chaco, a village
• Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, a city
• Concepción Department (Argentina), Corrientes

Bolivia

• Concepción, Santa Cruz, a town
• Concepción Lake, Chiqui, a laketos Province

Chile

• Concepción, Chile
• Concepción Province, Chile
• Greater Concepción
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción

Colombia

• Concepción, Antioquia
• Concepción, Santander

Costa Rica

• Concepción District, Alajuelita

Guatemala

• Concepción, Sololá
• Concepción Chiquirichapa
• Concepción Huista
• Concepción Las Minas
• Concepción Tutuapa

Honduras

• Concepción, Intibucá
• Concepción, Ocotepeque
• Concepción de María, Choluteca

Mexico

• Concepción Buenavista
• Concepción de Buenos Aires
• Concepción Pápalo

Nicaragua

• Concepción (volcano)

Paraguay

• Concepción, Paraguay
• Concepción Department (Paraguay)

Peru

• Concepción, Junín
• Concepción District, Ayacucho
• Concepción District, Junín
• Concepción Province, Peru

Philippines

• Concepcion, Gandara, Samar
• Concepcion, Iloilo
• Concepcion, Misamis Occidental
• Concepcion, Romblon
• Concepcion, Tarlac

Spain

• Concepción (Madrid), a ward in Madrid

United States

• Concepcion, Texas

• Mission Concepcion, a Franciscan mission in Texas

People

• Danilo Concepcion (born 1958), Filipino lawyer and current president of the University of the Philippines
• Dave Concepción (born 1948), former Major League baseball player during the 1970s and 1980s
• Vincent and Liza Concepcion, respondents in the United States Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
• Concepcion Picciotto (1936–2016), peace activist and nuclear-disarmament advocate
• Concepción Cochrane Blaquier, Argentine socialite, television personality, and fashion designer
• Camila María Concepción (1991–2020), American transgender rights activist and television writer
• Conchita, a popular diminutive form of this name

Ships

• Concepción (carrack), a 16th-century Spanish ship that participated in Magellan's circumnavigation
• CSS Robert E. Lee, an American Civil War-era ship, later the Chilean Navy ship Concepción
• El Concepcion, a ship that sunk near the Dominican Republic in 1641

Historical events

• Battle of Concepción in the Texas War of Independence

See also

• Bishop of Concepción (disambiguation)
• Concepción Department (disambiguation)
• Concepción District (disambiguation)
• Concepción Province (disambiguation)
• Conception (disambiguation)
• Inmaculada Concepción (disambiguation)
• La Concepción (disambiguation)
• La Purísima Concepción (disambiguation)