Asunción province

Asunción is one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. One of the smallest provinces of the region, it is located in the heart of the region's central highlands, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Blanca, in the eastern area of the Ancash Region at a distance of 121 km from the city of Huaraz, the capital of the region, and 521 km from the city of Lima. Chacas, the capital of the province, is located about 3,350 m high in the midst of extremely rugged terrain.

The province is bounded to the north by the province of Yungay, to the east by the provinces of Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald and Huari, and to the south and west by the province of Carhuaz.