Volta Redonda

Volta Redonda on the map of Rio de Janeiro

Volta Redonda is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. In 2006 lived in Volta Redonda 258 145 people to 182 km ² ( of which 82 km ² urban ). The city is located about 130 km northwest of the capital Rio de Janeiro.

The city's name comes from the curved course of the River Paraíba do Sul on which the town was built.

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

Volta Redonda is the seat of the Diocese of Barra do Pirai - Volta Redonda

Development and Economy

Since about the mid-18th century agriculture was operated in the region. Originally coffee cultivation, after the abolition of slavery in 1888 increased livestock. The river played here as a transport a special role.

The city in its present form began in 1941 as the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) decided to make Volta Redonda to Stahlproduktionsort. The increased during the Second World War demand for steel was this motivation. The city was developed at this time mainly on the drawing board. The place was one of 1940 only about 3,000 inhabitants; In 1970, there were already around 125,000.

But since the privatization of the CSN in 1993, steel production declined in importance and diversification began. Trade and services play a greater role nowadays.

Structures

  • Estádio General Sylvio de Oliveira Raulino

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Cláudio Adão ( b. 1955 ), football national player
  • Vanessa Giácomo ( b. 1983 ), actress
  • Felipe Melo ( b. 1983 ), football national player
  • Thiago Pereira ( born 1986 ), swimmer
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