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Volta Redonda is the name of a city in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with 182,81 km² of area, located from 350m to 707m from the sea level (22º31'23" S, 44º06'15" W) and with a population of 258.145 inhabitants (estimated in 2006). The area around the city has nearly 700,000. Its name, Portuguese for round turn, is due to the shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Flag of Rio de Janeiro See other Brazilian States Capital Rio de Janeiro Largest City Rio de Janeiro Area 43,696. ... Paraíba do Sul, also known as the Paraíba River, is a river in Brazil. ...

History

In 1744, the first tamers named the curious curve of the Paraíba do Sul river of Volta Redonda. Big farms were installed in the region and some farm names are the names of some districts nowadays. // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... Paraíba do Sul, also known as the Paraíba River, is a river in Brazil. ...

Between the years of 1860 and 1870, the navigation through the Paraíba do Sul river had its golden period between the cities of Resende and Barra do Piraí and at the same time the railroad D. Pedro II was built in Barra do Piraí and Barra Mansa. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Resende is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. ... Barra do Piraí is a Brazilian city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. ... Peter II (Portuguese Pedro, pron. ... Barra Mansa is a city in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...

With these facts, in 1875, the village of Santo Antônio de Volta Redonda started to have great impulse. With the freedom of slaves in 1888, the decay of the Vale do Paraíba became visible, destroying the agriculture, that would not recover more satisfactorily. 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

This situation would be reverted in 1941, when the cycle of industrialization of Volta Redonda began. Chosen as local for installation of the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) steel mill in the middle of World War II, it marked the base of Brazilian industrialization. Laborers from diverse regions of the country came to Volta Redonda to work in the mill. When it opened in 1946, it was the first steel mill in South America. For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) is the second major steel-maker company in Brazil. ... Steel Mill was one of Bruce Springsteens early bands and performed regularly on the Jersey Shore, in Virginia, and also in California from 1969 till January 1971. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

A heavily subsidized symbol of national pride, the Volta Redonda mill embodied the import substitution industrial policies that prevailed in Latin American economies from World War II until the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s. Since its 1993 privatization, however, the mill--now known as the Presidente Vargas Steelworks--has transcended its dirigiste origins to become one of the world's most efficient steel production facilities. Import substitution industrialization (also called ISI) is a trade and economic policy based on the premise that a developing country should attempt to substitute products which it imports, mostly finished goods, with locally produced substitutes. ... The Latin American debt crisis refers to a period in the early 1980s (and for some countries starting in the 1970s) where countries in the region reached a point where their foreign debt exceeded their earning power and they were not able to repay it. ... Dirigisme (from the French) (in English also dirigism although per the OED both spellings are used) is an economic term designating an economy where the government exerts strong directive influence. ...

Sports

Volta Redonda Futebol Clube is the most important football club of the city, playing its home matches at Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, which is also located in the city. Volta Redonda Futebol Clube, or Volta Redonda as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Volta Redonda in Rio de Janeiro, founded on February 9, 1976. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... 2006 Campeonato Carioca match between Volta Redonda and Nova Iguaçu at Estádio Raulino de Oliveira. ...

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