It is located in the foothills of the mountain range of El Cajas, surrounded by high-altitude areas as: Chanchán, Nero, Yanasacha, Sunsún and Huasiloma.

[1] Baños as remote human settlement to the pre-colonial period, due to the existence of natural resources such as thermal waters, so it should be populated by the Cañaris.

At the beginning of the seventeenth century in the colonial era, after being conquered by Spaniards who exploited gold and silver mines in the area, intermarriage between the colonizers and the native population and the purchase and sale of land started, which made possible the population growth and the division of sectors in the parish.

2 and receives public health services at the Carlos Elizalde Center,[4] which provides medical, dental and psychological consultations, as well as prenatal, delivery and postpartum care.

[5] Between 2005 and 2009 the provincial government of Azuay Province invested US $1,650,000 in public works in the parish, including road infrastructure, educational facilities, sanitation, and socio-economic projects, some of them being water development schemes.