The municipality is on the left bank of the Ivaí River, in the central region of Paraná, to the northwest.

[4] Colonization of the region began in the 1930s, when peasants accompanied by their families moved into the fertile lands, which they bought at low prices and with easy payment terms, and cleared the virgin forest to make way for agriculture.

The company cleared, colonized and developed coffee plantations in the region, which would become the present municipality of Engenheiro Beltrão.

[4] On 14 November 1951 the land was made the district of Engenheiro Beltrão within the municipality of Campo Mourão.

On 14 December 1951 the municipality of Peabiru was split off from Campo Mourão, including the district of Engenheiro Beltrão.

As of 14 May 2001 the municipality had 6 districts: Engenheiro Beltrão, Figueira do Oeste, Ivailândia, Sertãozinho, Sussuí and Triângulo.

[10] The land is very fertile, and produces a wide variety of crops, including grains and sugarcane.

Households with monthly income of up to half a minimum wage per person represent 30.2% of the population.