It is located in the Pārdaugava section of Riga close to the city's southern border.

[1] It was built in the late 1980s and early 1990s and mostly consists of Soviet-built 10 story apartment buildings.

However, there are still many older buildings in Ziepniekkalns constructed in the early 1960s.

In the mid-1990s, route 19 trolleybus was extended to the heart of new Ziepniekkalns and now final stop is at the Mego supermarket.

The trolleybus route 4 runs through the city center to Jugla.