Ervália, Santana de Cataguases, Laranjal, Palma, Miraí, São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre, Rosário da Limeira, Miradouro, Vieiras, Eugenópolis, Patrocínio do Muriaé and Barão de Monte Alto.

Industry, agriculture (coconut and coffee), services, and cattle raising It is located at the junction of two major highways, BR-116 (Rio-Bahia) and BR-393.

It is a river whose source is in the Serra das Perobas in Minas Gerais near the boundary with the state of Rio de Janeiro.

It flows in a west–east direction and joins the Paraíba do Sul River, a little above the city of Campos dos Goytacazes.

The progress of the new settlement was constant, especially after 1886 with the inauguration of the train station on the Leopoldina railroad line.