[2] Felixlândia is located at an elevation of 608 metres on highway BR-040 (Rio-Brasília) between Tres Marias and Sete Lagoas.

Neighboring municipalities are: Curvelo, Pompéu, Morro da Garça, Morada Nova de Minas, Corinto, and Três Marias.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.

In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.

[4] The municipality contained the 5,030 hectares (12,400 acres) Colônia 31 de Março Biological Reserve.

[5] An audit in 2012 stated that a number of biological reserves created in 1974 on state-owned land no longer qualified as conservation units.