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Volta Redonda
South America is thefourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends to 5,300 kilometers from east to west. South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.
Volta Redonda is a city in the Rio de Janeiro state with 182.81 square kilometers of area, located from 350 meters to 707 meters from the sea level and with a population of 258,145 inhabitants. Its name, Portuguese for round turn, is due to the shape of a curve in the Paraiba do Sul river around which the city was built. In 1744, the first tamers named the curious curve of the Paraiba do Sul river of Volta Redonda. Big farms were installed in the region and some farm names are the names of some districts nowadays.
This situation would be reverted in 1941, when the cycle of industrialization of Volta Redonda began. Chosen as local for installation of the Company Siderurgica National, CSN, in the middle of World War II, it marked the bases of Brazilian industrialization. Laborers from the most diverse regions of the country came to Volta Redonda to work in CSN. A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, luxurious hotels and cottages, Volta Redonda is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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