Padilla (originally, San Miguel de La Laguna; subsequently, San Juan de Rodas, and La Laguna)[1] is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia, located southeast by road from Tomina Province.

The town eventually became the seat of the military, civil authority and ecclesiastical leadership, becoming the capital of the Tomina Province.

[7] The town is located along Highway 6, southeast by road from Tomina, the provincial capital and 187 kilometres from Sucre.

Padilla is located in the transition zone between the Andean mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands at an altitude of 2086 metres.

Padilla lies in one of the poorest regions of Bolivia, with few natural resources and lacking social and economic conditions.

[11] The municipality of Padilla has an economy which is based around traditional agriculture such as the production of corn, potatoes, beans, wheat, yuca, cassava, yams, peppers, and amaranth.