Padcaya is a town in the

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 534,348 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

in southeastern

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

. ''Padcaya'' is the administrative center of

Aniceto Arce Province Aniceto Arce (or short: ''Arce'') is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892. Location ''Aniceto Arce'' province i ...

. It is situated 1,997 m above sea level on the banks of ''Río Orosas'', 50 km south of

Tarija Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is the largest city and capital and municipality within the Tarija Department, with an airport ( Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, (TJA)) of ...

, the department capital. Northwest of Padcaya, towards ''Río Camacho'', the town is bordered by a mountain range of 20 km length, ''Cerro Guancani'' (2,960 m) being its highest summit. Padcaya is crossed by the road from ''Tarija'' to Bermejo, border town to Argentina in the southern parts of the department. Padcaya has a population of circa 1,500.

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{{Coord, 21, 53, 14, S, 64, 42, 46, W, type:city, display=title Populated places in Tarija Department