Padre Bernardo is located 42 km north of the boundary with the Federal District.

It has boundaries with the following municipalities: The main economic activities are cattle raising and growing of corn and soybeans.

Local commerce, with restaurants, bars, clothing and shoe shops, banks, supermarkets, among others, supply the basic necessities of the population.

There are small industries of brick making, milk produces and clothing manufacturing.

The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, beans, coconuts, oranges, lemons, manioc, corn, and soybeans (11,000 hectares in 2006).