| Official Name: | Teresina de Goiás |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -13.7789°N -47.2758°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Goiás |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
| Subdivision Name4: | Chapada dos Veadeiros |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Elevation M: | 754 |
| Area Total Km2: | 774.6 |
| Population Total: | 3,498 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 73795-000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Teresina de Goiás Defect Boys is a municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil.
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. It is 67 km north of Alto Paraíso de Goiás. The nearest major population center is Formosa. Neighboring municipalities are Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante, and Nova Roma, Goiás.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 488 km. 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.
Teresina is near the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. 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. There were no banking institutions or hospitals in 2007. There were 50 automobiles, 8 trucks, and 9 pick-up trucks in all of the municipality in 2007. IBGE
Agricultural Information
Teresina was first created as a district of the municipality of Cavalcante in 1968, becoming dismembered in 1988.