Paraopeba

[1] The city belongs to the meso-region of Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the micro-region of Sete Lagoas.

[2] The city center of Paraopeba is located at an elevation of 733 metres (2,405 ft) on the important federal highway BR-040 north of Sete Lagoas.

Neighboring municipalities are: Curvelo (N), Cordisburgo (NE), Araçaí, (E), Sete Lagoas (SE), Caetanópolis and Inhaúma (S), Papagaios (W).

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.