Campinorte is located on the important Belém-Brasília, BR-153, and is 315 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia.

It is 22 kilometers north of Uruaçu and just west of the great artificial lake of Serra da Mesa.

When the government began to build the new highway nearby, in 1948, the settlers moved their primitive houses to the edge of the route.

Main economic activities are cattle raising (43,000 head) and agriculture, with plantations of corn, rice, and beans.

The industrial sector is represented by some small producers of bricks, lumber, and dairy products.