Buritinópolis is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region in the area near Simolândia and Alvorada do Norte.

Neighboring municipalities are Posse, Simolândia, Alvorada do Norte, Mambaí, and Damianópolis.

[2] The main economic activities are cattle raising for meat and farming, especially soybeans and corn.

The two supermarkets are comparable to the little grocery stores in the slums of the large urban centers and the bars can only provide income for their owners.

It has already destroyed a large part of the main avenue that runs parallel to BR-020, the highway that cuts the city in two.