Rio de Janeiro
(189 km (117 mi)), Belo Horizonte (260 km (160 mi)) and São
Paulo (486 km (302 mi)). Major highways connect Juiz de Fora with
these three metropolitan areas, the most important being the BR 040 which
connects Brasília with Rio de Janeiro via Belo Horizonte. The city is built on
the Paraibuna, a major tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river
