The town is at a height of 180 metres above sea level and is supplied with water by El Rio Corte, originating in the Selva Zoque forests to the east.

Wild fauna include boar, paca, deer, jaguar, raccoon, skunk, monkey, pheasant, parrot, owl, toucan, white eagle, rattlesnake, coral snake deaf.

[1] Before the Mexican colonial period, the area was inhabited by the Chima, a Zoque people believed to be descendants of the Olmec.

[5] Economic activities include growing corn, beans, coffee and sugar cane, and raising cattle, goats, sheep, horses and poultry.

Logging is practised, with a sawmill preparing fine woods for furniture production, and wild animals are hunted in certain seasons.