Divinópolis de Goiás is part of the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region, which consists of 12 municipalities with 88,913 inhabitants in a total area of 17,452.90 km2.

The most important economic activities are cattle raising and modest production of rice, bananas, sugarcane, and corn.

[3] The settlement of the region began in 1880 with the Galheiros Ranch, owned by Inácia Ferreira Lima, who incentivated the arrival of settlers from the state of Bahia.

Lands were donated to build a chapel to São João Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) and soon houses began to appear.

In 1890 the village (povoado) was raised to the status of district belonging to São Domingos with the name of Galheiros, taking the name of the ranch with the same name.