It is located 66 kilometers south of the department capital Cochabamba on the northern river bank of Río Arque, at 17°42′54″S 66°15′49″W / 17.71500°S 66.26361°W / -17.71500; -66.26361.

The dry season lasts from May to September and the town experiences lower temperatures but no frost.

Four kilometers from the city, in the community Irpa-Irpa is where Coboce Mill a cement production industry is located.

They make use of the minerals and organic sediments of Río Arque which are freed by rains in the upper part of the river basin.

It enables the farmers to practise an intensive and market oriented agriculture where mainly potatoes and Dutch tomatoes are grown.

From studies of geomorphology and sedimentation in the Valle Alto region it can be estimated that the technique of lameo goes back as far as 1500 BCE.