Volta Redonda is the name of a city in the Rio de Janeiro state of
Brazil with an area of 182.81 km², located from 350m to 707m above the sea
level (22º31'23" S, 44º06'15" W) and with a population of 259,811
inhabitants (estimated in 2009). The area around the city has nearly
700,000 km². Its name (which is 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 Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), Brazil's
second largest steel producer. Today
