 Bordered on the north by the department Trancas, east to Burruyacú and Cruz Alta, south of Capital, Yerba Buena and Lules, and west to Tafí del Valle.The lands of the department, had been given, in colonial times, to encomendero Melian Leguizamón y Guevara.In 1781, land purchase cited the name of "Tafí Viejo" by Catalina de Aráoz de Facundo Tejerina y Barrera a Juan Clemente Méndez y José Martín Méndez.