The area is very rich in wood, especially cedar, aroeira, ipê, peroba, braúna, vinhático and umburana.

The settlement of this town began at the end of the eighteenth century on the banks of the present-day São Domingos River.

They brought an image of São Domingos Gusmão, which gave the name to the town and the river that passes nearby.

[3] The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising (120,000 head in 2004), services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

Nearby is a state park called Parque Estadual da Terra Ronca,[7] which contains Angelica cavern,[8] whose 14 km.