- Votorantim
Votorantim is a city located at the southwest of São Paulo State in
Brazil with an estimated population of 107,157 as of2006 . The city is located about 100 km away from the capital of the state. It has 147 km² ofrural area, 30 km² ofurban area and a total area of 177 km².Geography
It is located in a mountainous region and it has an average altitude of 557m. The city has a tropical weather and annual average temperature is 20 degrees. It makes borders with the cities of
Sorocaba ,Piedade ,Ibiúna ,Salto de Pirapora andAlumínio . It is one of the main industrial areas of the StateFact|date=February 2007, with important access ways to highways such as Castello Branco (SP-280), Raposo Tavares (SP-270), João Leme dos Santos (SP-264) and SP-79 which binds the city to the south coast of the State.Trivia
* It is also the self proclaimed Brazilian Capital of Cement. Much of the cement used in Brazil is of the Votorantim brand.
External links
* [http://www.votorantim.sp.gov.br/ Votorantim Official Website]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.