It is located 124 km northwest of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Route 4 on the bank of the Yapacaní River.

At the beginning of colonization, they cultivated upland rice, maize, cassava, yams and legumes.

In its early years, the colony was unable to ship most of the rice it produced, due to the unimproved road being impassable when wet.

[1] In 1969 some varieties of soybeans were introduced that would become one of the typical crops of the colony before its cultivation spread to other parts of Bolivia.

[4] Currently, in San Juan they farm soy, laying hens and chickens, rain fed rice and citrus fruits.