Called the "rice capital", since it is home to two of the main cereals companies of the country, Lascano is located in the northwest of the department, on the Cuchilla de Bella Vista, between the Cañada del Sarandí and the Arroyo de India Muerta. Surrounded by the most important marshes and wetlands of the East, which gives it a unique natural environment and rich biodiversity.
Lascano has become an important service center, in a livestock and rice area, with important agroindustries linked to the latter sector. Due to the importance of rice in the area, activities such as visits to farms where you can experience the tasks related to the countryside, and participate in planting, irrigation and crop harvest, as well as tasting a typical dish , such as the India Muerta rice that is prepared during the Folkloric Festival and Jineteadas in February
