- Vale do Aço
The Vale do Aço is a metropolitan area in
Minas Gerais ,Brazil , comprising only the four municipalities ofIpatinga ,Coronel Fabriciano ,Santana do Paraíso andTimóteo , but have an influence area of 22 other municipalities.The name means "Steel Valley" in Portuguese. This region is also known as "a Região de Siderurgia" (Ironcasting Region), as it holds a great number of iron and steel processing companies along the course of the
Rio Doce . The largest industries of the region areAcesita andUsiminas , both ironcasting.Cenibra , a cellulose factory in the influence area, is also large. The metropolitan area was officially defined in 1998 and has a population of 430,700 (IBGE estimate 2005).ee also
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Silicon valley
*Food valley External links
* [http://www.foodvalley.nl/site/english.cfm Foodvalley.nl]
* [http://www.santanadoparaiso.com/ Website of the Santana do Paraiso city]
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