São Romão is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais.

[6] The most important economic activities are cattle raising (41,000 head in 2006) and agriculture.

The most important agricultural crops are bananas, oranges, mangoes, rice, sugarcane, beans and corn.

[3] This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.