The region received its first settlers in 1952 with the arrival of José Pereira do Nascimento, Lozorik Belem, and Ovídio Martins de Souza who bought large areas of land and began to raise cattle.

The infant mortality rate was 25.62 (2000) (national average was 33.0) Tourism is concentrated in the settlement of Luís Alves on the Araguaia River, where there are several small hotels.

[6] Carnaraguaia is an off-season carnival that takes place annually on the banks of the Araguaia River during the holiday season, in the month of July in the Luiz Alves district.

[7] The party moves the city and attracts people from all over the region, [8] as the public has a good opportunity to enjoy shows by nationally known artists and bands, such as: Companhia do Pagode, Banda Nechevile and Léo Santana.

[9] Conceived by the then radio broadcaster and later elected councilor, Sinomar Moreira Da Silva, better known as Maradona, the São Miguel do Araguaia music festival took place annually on the 10th to the 14th of November, coinciding with the municipality's anniversary.

The festival's DEMO edition took place on the banks of the Araguaia River in the Luiz Alves district, on July 13, 2017, as part of the holiday season and had the help of the municipality's tourism office.

The attractions of this festival's DEMO edition were the bands: Rotta SMA, MC do Morro and PedRon (São Miguel do Araguaia), Casulo Fantasma (Uruaçu) and Lobinho e Os Três Porcão (Goiânia).

The sequence of shows was opened with the rapper MC do Morro, followed by the rock bands: Casulo Fantasma, Lobinho e os 3 Porcão, Rotta SMA / PedRon, Almost Down and Sheena Ye.

[17] In 2019, Nélio Cunha resigned and his deputy Azaíde assumed the majority position, [18] in the same year, the then former mayor, ended up being arrested by the Federal Police suspected of being part of an international drug trafficking ring.

[19] [20] In 2020, Azaíde Borges, who already held the position in the city hall due to the resignation of her predecessor, is elected mayor with 58.78% of the valid votes.