Meruim-hu

Muriaé lies on the river of the same name in the forested hills of eastern Minas Gerais. Puri communities inhabited the region before the expansion of colonial settlements. Around 1819 Constantino José Pinto arrived under the direction of Guido Marlière, and a settlement known as São Paulo do Manoel Burgo grew beside the river. Its Indigenous name has been associated with mosquitoes found along the water.