It is the gateway to Caldas Novas, a hot water resort, which is 52 km (32 mi) to the east.

Neighboring municipalities are: Mayor: Rogério Carlos Troncoso Chaves (January 2013) City council: 9 In 2007 the population density was 13.70 inhabitants/km2 (35.49 inhabitants/sq mi).

The flora is composed mainly of small woods with aroeira, cedar, jacaranda, ipê, and some medicinal plants like douradinha, quinine, chapéu-de-couro, and congonha.

Main agricultural products in total planted area were oranges, cotton, rice, beans, watermelon, corn (3,000 hectares or 7,400 acres), soybeans (28,000 hectares or 69,000 acres), sorghum, tomatoes, and wheat.

The name of the town comes from the hills (morros) of Ovo, Catraca, and Cruz, well-known points in the region.

In the United Nations Human Development Index, it had a rating of 0.806, which ranked it in 6th place out of a total of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás.

The most common are the macacos-pregos (nail monkeys), tatus (armadillos), tamanduás, capivaras, wolves, foxes, deer, fish, jabutis, ducks, egrets, hawks, toucans, jaós, partridge, bem-te-vi, and joão-de-barro, among others.

The Jatobá centenário (centenary) is the largest tree in the park, which impresses visitors with its majestic beauty.

In the beginning of the nineteenth century, Antônio Correia Bueno and his brothers Inácio and Pedro, from Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, arrived in the region.