[3] The area of 1,085 hectares in the municipality is dedicated to agriculture, growing mostly alfalfa, beans, corn and animal feed.

Most livestock here is cattle, which are raised on 162,000 hectares, and whose water needs are met by an additional 36 wells and natural springs.

[3][4] The most rugged part of the municipality is in the south, in which is the San José mountain range.

The area has a relatively dry climate with high temperatures averaging 39 °C in the summer and 9 °C in the winter.

Wildlife mostly consists of reptiles and amphibians such as the turtle, and the rattlesnake and small mammals such as the bat, the lynx and opossum.