Vazante

This municipality is located north of Patos de Minas on paved national highway BR-354.

Neighboring municipalities are: Lagoa Grande, Coromandel, Guarda-Mor, Lagamar and Paracatu.

The hottest time of the year is between September and October and the coldest in June and July.

The year can be divided into a rainy summer, from October to April, and a dry winter, from May to September.

The main river is the Rio Claro, which has its source in the Serra de Chapadinha.

[3] In agriculture the main products cultivated are mangoes, rice, soybeans, and corn.

The Vazante Mine is a property of Votorantim Metais and has reserves of around 2 million tons of zinc.

It has the largest Brazilian deposit of zinc ore, with a production of 290,000 tons of silicate concentrate.

[8] The most important tourist site is Lapa Velha (Old Grotto), located in the city itself, where a vision of the Virgin Mary is alleged to have occurred.