Votorantim is a city located at the southwest of São Paulo State

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

 in Brazil

Brazil

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 with an estimated population of 107,157 as of 2006. The city is located about 100 km away from the capital of the state

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. It has 147 km² of rural

Rural

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 area, 30 km² of urban area

Urban area

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 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

Sorocaba

Sorocaba is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the fourth largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, Sao Jose dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto...

, Piedade

Piedade

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, Ibiúna

Ibiúna

Ibiúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 72,181 and the area is 1062.1 km². The elevation is 860 m...

, Salto de Pirapora

Salto de Pirapora

Salto de Pirapora is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 40,063 and the area is 281.67 km². The elevation is 630 m....

 and Alumínio

Alumínio

Alumínio is a Brazilian city of the state of São Paulo. The population in 2003 is 16,019 and the area is 83.7 km². Its latitude is 23.5331/23°32'6" S and the longitude is 47.5625/47°15'43" W The elevation is 790 m. Alumínio is located east of Sorocaba and is also a suburban area...

. It is one of the main industrial areas of the State, 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.