Janaúba

Neighboring municipalities are: Janaúba is also a statistical microregion (30) consisting of 13 municipalities: Catuti, Espinosa, Gameleiras, Jaíba, Janaúba, Mamonas, Mato Verde, Monte Azul, Nova Porteirinha, Pai Pedro, Porteirinha, Riacho dos Machados and Serranópolis de Minas.

The climate is sub-humid to semi-arid, with irregular rainfall and occasional long periods of drought.

During this period, that may include the months of September and October, the deficiency in the soils is deep and the waters of the rivers drop to critical levels.

Other industries produced furniture, soft drinks, perfumes, animal food, and clothing.

Due to the poor soils sand is one of the most important natural resources, and is exported to all the state for use in civil construction.

According to the official site of the city the educational level of the general population is low, especially the older rural inhabitants who can usually only write their own name.