It is almost directly north of Federal District and is on an unpaved highway linking Padre Bernardo to Água Fria de Goiás.

Municipal boundaries are with: The economy is based on cattle raising, services consisting of shops selling the basic necessities, government employment, and subsistence farming.

The main agricultural products in planted area were cotton, rice, sugarcane, beans, manioc, corn, and soybeans (3,700 hectares).

A recent agricultural product is the pupunha (Bactris Gasipaes Kunth), a type of palm from which is extracted oil and flour.

Also see Palmitoseloverde The ranking on the 2000 Human Development Index was 0.664 Mimoso was created as a district of Niquelândia in 1951.