Volta Redonda

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Volta Redonda
| name = Volta Redonda
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| official_name = Municipality of Volta Redonda
| official_name = Municipality of Volta Redonda
| nickname = ''Cidade do Aço'' ("City of Steel")
| nickname = ''Cidade do Aço'' ("City of Steel")
| motto = ''Flumen Fulmini Flexit'' ("The River Bent Before the Lightning")
| motto = ''Flumen Fulmini Flexit'' ("The River Bent Before the Lightning")
| image_skyline = Praça Oscar Cardoso.jpg
| image_skyline = Praça Oscar Cardoso.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Oscar Cardoso square
| image_caption = Oscar Cardoso square
| image_flag = Bandeira de Volta Redonda - RJ.svg
| image_flag = Bandeira de Volta Redonda - RJ.svg
| image_seal = Brasão de Volta Redonda - RJ.svg
| image_seal = Brasão de Volta Redonda - RJ.svg
| image_map = RiodeJaneiro_Municip_VoltaRedonda.svg
| image_map = RiodeJaneiro_Municip_VoltaRedonda.svg
| map_caption =
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Antônio Francisco Neto ([[Progressistas]]) (2025–2029)
| leader_name = Antônio Francisco Neto ([[Progressistas]]) (2025–2029)
| established_title = Founded
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = July 17, 1954
| established_date = July 17, 1954
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| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 182.483
| area_total_km2 = 182.483
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/volta-redonda/panorama |title=Volta Redonda |author=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)}}
| population_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2020[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/volta-redonda/panorama IBGE 2020]
| population_as_of = [[2022 Brazilian census]]
| population_total = 273,988
| population_total = 261,563
| population_metro =
| population_metro =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi =
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| population_est = 279,971
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| timezone = [[UTC-3]]
| pop_est_as_of = 2025
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| utc_offset = -3
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| timezone = [[UTC-3]]
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| utc_offset_DST =
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| utc_offset = -3
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| coordinates = {{coord|22|31|22|S|44|06|14|W|region:BR|display=inline}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|22|31|22|S|44|06|14|W|region:BR|display=inline}}
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| elevation_m = 390
| elevation_m = 390
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'''Volta Redonda''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈvɔwtɐ ʁeˈdõdɐ}}) is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] in the [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] state of [[Brazil]] with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the [[sea level]] (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants (estimated in 2020). The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name (which is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''Round Turn'') is due to the round shape of a curve in the [[Paraíba do Sul]] river around which the city was built.
'''Volta Redonda''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈvɔwtɐ ʁeˈdõdɐ}}) is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] in the [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] state of [[Brazil]] with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the [[sea level]] (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a population of 261,563 inhabitants ([[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]]). The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name (which is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''Round Turn'') 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]] (CSN), Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on [[Industrial sector|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'' (which is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''City of Steel'').
Situated in Volta Redonda is [[Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional]] (CSN), Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on [[Industrial sector|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'' (which is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''City of Steel'').
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