There are municipal boundaries with Crixás, Mundo Novo, Aruanã, São Miguel do Araguaia, Mozarlândia and the state of Mato Grosso.

Highway connections are made by GO-070 / Goianira / Inhumas / Itaberaí / BR-070 / Goiás / GO-164 / Araguapaz.

Nova Crixás began in the 1970s when the family of José Alves Moreira, from Minas Gerais, acquired lands in the region for the practice of agriculture.

The town began to grow with the building of highway G0-174, linking Goiânia to São Miguel do Araguaia.

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

The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sesame, manioc, corn, and soybeans.

In 2000 the adult literacy rate was 78.7%, well below the national average of 86.4% The score on the 2000 Municipal Human Development Index was 0.686.