Highway communications with Goiânia are made by GO-070 / Goianira / Inhumas / Itaberaí / BR-070 / Goiás / Uvá.

Cattle raising, services, small industries, and agriculture are the main economic activities.

The main crops in planted area were bananas, beans, corn, manioc, rice, and soybeans.

Settlement began in 1892 with the building of an army telegraph line and station between the city of Goiás (then the state capital) and Mato Grosso, breaking the isolation of the area.

After half a century of stagnation the settlement received a push forward with the selling by the local government of lots to new settlers.