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Concepción

Con·cep·ción [ kən sèpsi ṓn ] 

1. 
capital city of Bío-Bío Region, central Chile, situated on the Bío-Bío River, 418 km (260 mi) southwest of Santiago.
Population: 225,158 (2006 estimate).


2. 
capital city of Concepción Department, central Paraguay, situated on the Paraguay River. It is the commercial centre of northern Paraguay and serves as a free port for southwestern Brazil.
Population: 35,276 (1992).
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