Mairipotaba is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion about 85 kilometers directly south of the state capital, Goiânia.

Municipal boundaries are with: Mairipotaba began with the installation of a telegraph station at the end of the nineteenth century.

For the period of 2017-2020 the mayor is Carlos Henrique Rodrigues Pereira and the vice-mayor is João Batista Narciso Sobrinho.

The economy is based on services, small transformation industries, agriculture, and cattle raising.

The cattle herd had 34,400 head in 2006 and the main agricultural products were rice, oranges, manioc, corn, and soybeans.

Mairipotaba had a rating of 0.761 on the latest United Nations Human Development Index, ranking it 51 out of 242 cities in the state of Goiás in 2000.