Januária is also a statistical microregion (number 31) consisting of 16 municipalities: Bonito de Minas, Chapada Gaúcha, Cônego Marinho, Icaraí de Minas, Itacarambi, Januária, Juvenília, Manga, Matias Cardoso, Miravânia, Montalvânia, Pedras de Maria da Cruz, Pintópolis, São Francisco, São João das Missões, and Urucuia.

They are Brejo do Amparo, Levinópolis, Pandeiros, Riacho da Cruz, São Joaquim, Tejuco, and Várzea Bonita.

The climate is tropical with transition to semi-arid and its vegetation is composed of cerrado (savanna) and clusters of caatinga (thorn bush).

Important crops are sugar cane (from which it inherited the fame of having one of the best rums in Brazil), corn, manioc and beans.

[6] Districts created and lost [6] The location on the banks of one of the most important rivers in Brazil opens up many recreational possibilities.

Nearby there is a fifteen meter high waterfall called the Cachoeira de Pandeiros which has a large area for swimming.

[7] The municipality contains part of the Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park, which holds the dramatic Gruta do Janelão, a large limestone cave.