São João do Paraíso

São João do Paraíso is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

This municipality is located north of the Rio Pardo and forms a boundary with the state of Bahia.

Municipal boundaries are with: the state of Bahia, Montezuma, Taiobeiras, Indaiabira, Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo, Berizal, Águas Vermelhas, and Ninheira.

In the rural area there were 2,909 farms (2006)with around 8,000 people involved in the agricultural sector.

The main crops were coffee, bananas, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn.