Volta Redonda

Município de Volta Redonda "Cidade do Aço" Volta Redonda
Panorama of the steel mill area
Volta Redonda
Coordinates	22 ° 31 ′  S , 44 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 22 ° 31 ′  S , 44 ° 6 ′  W
Location of Volta Redonda in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Symbols
coat of arms flag
Motto "Flumen Fulmini Flexit"
founding	17th July 1954
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro
Mesoregion	Sul Fluminense (1989 to 2017)
Microregion	Vale do Paraíba Fluminense (1989 to 2017)
height	390 m
climate	Cwa, subtropical
surface	182 km²
Residents	257,803 (2010)
density	1,416.5  Ew. / km²
estimate	271,998 ( last July 1, 2018)
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.voltaredonda.rj.gov.br (Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Samuca Silva (2017-2020)
Political party	PODE
economy
GDP	9,170,922  thousand. R $ 35,573  R $ per capita (2010)
HDI	0.771 (2010)

Volta Redonda , officially Município de Volta Redonda , is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro . As of July 1, 2018, the population was estimated at 271,998 inhabitants, who live on 182 km² (of which 82 km² are urban). The city is located around 130 km northwest of the capital Rio de Janeiro .

The name of the city comes from the curvilinear course of the Paraíba do Sul river , on which the city was built.

The neighboring municipalities of Volta Redonda are Barra do Piraí , Barra Mansa , Pinheiral , Piraí and Rio Claro .

Volta Redonda is the seat of the diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda .

Development and economy

Building of the Municipality of Volta Redonda

Founding ceremony in 1955

Volta Redonda is located in the Vale do Paraíba , one of the economically strongest regions in Brazil. Agriculture has been practiced in the region since around the middle of the 18th century. Originally coffee cultivation, after the abolition of slavery in 1888 increased cattle breeding. The river played a special role here as a transport route.

The city in its present form began in 1941 when the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) decided to turn Volta Redonda into a steel production site. The increased demand for steel due to the Second World War was the motivation for this. During this time, the city was primarily developed on the drawing board. In 1940 the place had just under 3,000 inhabitants; In 1970 there were already around 125,000.

It was founded as a spin-off from Barra Mansa on July 17, 1954, after the necessary elections for the city prefecture and city council, the installation as a municipality took place on February 7, 1955.

Since the privatization of CSN in 1993, steel production has lost its importance and diversification has started. Trade and services play a bigger role these days.

Buildings

• Estádio General Sylvio Raulino de Oliveira

Born in Volta Redonda

• Cláudio Adão (* 1955), national soccer player
• Edivaldo (1962-1993), football player
• Wellington Lope (born 1979), football player
• Vanessa Giácomo (born 1983), actress
• Felipe Melo (* 1983), national soccer player
• Thiago Cunha (* 1985), football player
• Thiago Pereira (* 1986), swimmer

Web links

Commons : Volta Redonda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBGE : Cidades @ Rio de Janeiro: Volta Redonda - Panorama. Retrieved April 11, 2018 (Portuguese).