Bom Jesus da Penha is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020[update] was 4,244 people living in a total area of 209 km².[1] The city belongs to the mesoregion of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Passos. It became a municipality in 1963.[2]