Concepción

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Concepción (Spanish for conception) refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also 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 lake in Chiquitos Province

Chile

• Bay of Concepción
• 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
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay

Peru

• Concepción, Junín
• Concepción District, Vilcas Huamán
• Concepción District, Concepción
• 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

• Bernabe Concepcion (born 1988), Filipino boxer
• Camila María Concepción (1991–2020), American transgender rights activist and television writer
• César Concepción (1909–1974), Puerto Rican musician
• Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952), Spanish physician
• Concepcion Anes (1929/1930–2004), Gibraltarian politician
• Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), Spanish feminist writer
• Concepción Argüello (1781–1857), fiancée of Nikolai Rezanov and later nun
• Concepción Badillo (born 1986), Spanish swimmer
• Concepción Bellorín (born 1980), Spanish judoka
• Concepción Blasco Oliver (1858–1938), Spanish philanthropist
• Concepción Bona (1824–1901), Dominican independence campaigner
• Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican Catholic mystic and writer
• Concepción Cascajosa (born 1979), Spanish communication scholar
• Concepción Castañeda Ortiz (born 1952), Mexican politician
• Concepción Dueso Garcés (born 1967), Spanish goalball player
• Concepción Espejel (born 1959), Spanish magistrate
• Concepción Felix (1884–1967), Filipina feminist and human rights activist
• Concepción González Molina (born 1953), Mexican politician
• Concepción Hernández Díaz (born 1972), Spanish goalball player
• Concepción Langa Nuño, Spanish historian
• Concepción Leyes de Chaves (1891–1985), Paraguayan writer
• Concepción Lombardo (1835–1931), wife of the Mexican president Miguel Miramon
• Concepción Mariño (1790–1854), participant in the Venezuelan War of Independence
• Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza (1893–1985), Mexican civil engineer
• Concepción Montaner (born 1981), Spanish long jumper
• Concepción Ojeda Hernández (born 1977), Mexican politician
• Concepción Palacios Herrera (1893–1981), Nicaraguan physician
• Concepción Paredes (1970–2019), Spanish triple jump athlete
• Concepción Picciotto (1936–2016), peace activist and nuclear-disarmament advocate
• Concepción Quiñones de Longo, Puerto Rican pediatrician and government official
• Concepción Ramírez (1942–2021), Guatemalan peace activist
• Concepcion Rodriguez (born 1986), Panamanian baseball player
• Concepción Robles Altamirano (born 1965), Mexican politician
• Concepción Saiz Otero (1851–1934), Spanish educator and feminist
• Concepción Silva Belinzon (1903–1987), Uruguayan writer
• Concepción Úsuga (born 2001), Colombian weightlifter
• Danilo Concepcion (born 1958), Filipino lawyer and academic administrator
• Dave Concepción (born 1948), former Major League baseball player during the 1970s and 1980s
• Emerito Concepción (born 1962), Filipino sport shooter
• Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción (1938–2022), Cuban artist
• Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1671–1742), Colombian nun and mystic
• Gaby Concepcion, Filipina actress and lawyer
• Gabby Concepcion (born 1964), Filipino actor
• Gabriela Concepción (born 1989), Venezuelan beauty pageant contestant
• Gerardo Concepción (born 1992), Cuban baseball player
• Gerónimo de la Concepción (1642–1698), Spanish Carmelite and writer
• Iluminada Concepción (born 1956), Cuban tennis player
• Imelda Concepcion (born 1936), Filipina actress
• Hermogenes Concepcion Jr. (1920–2018), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Janier Concepción (born 1985), Cuban rower
• Juan Gabriel Concepción (born 1972), Spanish pole vaulter
• Julio Concepcion, American politician
• KC Concepcion (born 1985), Filipina entertainer
• Lee Concepcion (born 1967), Filipino swimmer
• Luis Concepción (born 1985), Panamanian boxer
• Mercedes Concepcion (born 1928), Filipina social scientist
• Monchile Concepción (1905–1967), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Nicholas de Concepcion (fl. 1720), pirate
• Onix Concepción (born 1957), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Pedro Concepcion, Filipino lawyer and election official
• Rafael Concepción (born 1982), Panamanian boxer
• René Concepcion (born 1969), Filipino swimmer
• Roberto Concepcion (1903–1987), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Rudy Concepción (1912–1940), Filipino film actor
• Sabino Bautista Concepción (born 1963), Mexican politician
• Sam Concepcion (born 1992), Filipino entertainer
• Tomas Fernandez Concepcion (1933–2012), Filipino politician and sculptor
• Valerie Concepcion (born 1987), Filipina entertainer
• Venancio Concepción, Filipino general
• Vincent and Liza Concepcion, respondents in the United States Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
• Yam Concepcion (born 1988), Filipina actress
• 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
• La Concepcion, a ship that sunk near the Dominican Republic in 1641

Historical events

• Battle of Concepción, in the Texas War of Independence
• Battle of La Concepción, between Chile and Peru
• Battle of Concepción, Chile (disambiguation)

See also

• Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
• Bishop of Concepción (disambiguation)
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
• Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
• Church of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
• Concepción Department (disambiguation)
• Concepción District (disambiguation)
• Concepción Province (disambiguation)
• Conception (disambiguation)
• Inmaculada Concepción (disambiguation)
• La Concepción (disambiguation)
• La Purísima Concepción (disambiguation)