São João da Ponte is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Neighboring municipalities are: Ibiracatu, Varzelândia, Verdelândia, Lontra, Japonvar, Janaúba, Patis, Montes Claros and Capitão Enéas.

The principal economic activities of the municipality include cattle raising (109,000 head in 2006) and agriculture, with the main crops being rice, sugarcane, corn, sorghum, and bananas.

The rural area employs as many as 11,000 workers in 3,405 establishments; however, only about 127 of the farms have tractors.

[2] The health care system of the municipality includes 12 clinics and one hospital with 58 beds, whereas the educational sector is based upon 50 primary schools and four middle schools.