[1] Cotagaita is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano.

[1] The average annual temperature is 15 °C and varies only slightly between 11 °C in June / July and 18 °C in December and January.

From there, Route 7 branches off to the south and reaches Vitoti and Tumusla after 203 kilometers to Cotagaita.

The population of the village has increased by almost half in the past two decades: The population of the region is mostly made up of the Quechua people, 96.1 percent of the inhabitants in the municipality of Cotagaita speak the Quechua language.

[1] On February 6, 2020, heavy rainfall in the region resulted in catastrophic flooding from the river of the same name.