Volta Redonda

Local nameVolta Redonda
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Volta Redonda is the name of a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants. The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built.

Situated in Volta Redonda is Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on industry, is quite diverse, and largely focused on the areas of services and trade. Due to this, Volta Redonda is worldly known as Cidade do Aço.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_Redonda

Coordinates -22°31'18.682" N -44°6'14.446" E

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