It is part of the region of the statistical micro-region of Chapada dos Veadeiros and is located north of the Federal District and Brasília.

Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João d'Aliança / Alto Paraíso de Goiás / BR-010 / GO-118.

Communities of descendants of runaway slaves, called Kalunga, are found nearby.

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising (10,700 in 2006), services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

IBGE Agricultural Information Teresina was first created as a district of the municipality of Cavalcante in 1968, becoming dismembered in 1988.