It is 58 km (36 mi) south-west of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán, at an altitude of 532 m (1,745 ft), and is surrounded by four rivers.

The small village of Monteros was in an area acquired the military governor Don Felipe Antonio de Alurralde in 1754.

One version suggests that some inhabitants of the old San Miguel de Tucumán, which used to be on a place currently known as Ibatín, refused to move to the new location and declared in rebellion, taking refuge in the nearby hills.

The strangest case was in 1932 when the then provincial governor, Alejandro Heredia, attempted to rename it to Alexandria, in his own honor.

[citation needed] The rural areas nearby the town are suited to growing sugar cane, lemons, blueberries and strawberries.