Highway connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Nazário / São Luís de Montes Belos / Israelândia / Iporá / Arenópolis.

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

de Laticínios Ltda (May 2006) The main crops in 2006 were pineapple, rice, bananas, beans, manioc, soybeans, and corn.

There is potential for eco-tourism with conditions for hiking, going down rapids, and other sports activities practiced near nature.

Settlement began in 1948 when engineers and workers building the road between Caiapônia and Aragarças arrived in the region and set up camp on the banks of the Piranhas River.