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Volta Redonda

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Volta Redonda

Total population

261,563

Coordinates-22.52°, -44.10°

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Overview

Volta Redonda is 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 261,563 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.

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-22.5219
Longitude
-44.1040
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
3306305
UF
RJ
Mesorregião
Sul Fluminense
Microrregião
Vale do Paraíba Fluminense

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br