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Januária, known as "The Queen of the Beautiful Waters"" is a city and municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The estimated population is more than 86,000 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 7.325 km².

With an elevation of 454.87 meters the average annual temperature is 26º. Temperatures vary between maximums of 38º and 12.6º. The climate is tropical with transition to semi-arid and its vegetation is composed of cerrado (savanna) and clusters of caatinga (thorn bush). The size of the municipality ranks it among the 75 largest municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais.

The most important route of communication with the rest of the state is the BR-135. A modern bridge has substituted the ferry on the river. The distance to Belo Horizonte, the state capital, is 613 km.

Januária lies in an agro-pastoral region. Some changes have been implemented in recent years. Irrigationn, soybean cultivation, and the decline of cotton cultivation are some of them.