This town arose spontaneously in the encounter of the roads that go from Calingasta and San Juan toward the step of Agua Negra note and Chile.

It is nucleus of an oasis developed along the stream Church that has basic equipment.

In him they alternate Creole ranches, large houses adobe italianizantes and modern neighborhoods of armed concrete.

It is curious to observe the contrast between the fronts seriados of the houses and their Creole funds, with ovens of mud, henhouses, ramadas and walls that show the validity of old construction techniques and the persistence of rural customs.