Votorantim () is a city located at the southwest of

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. It is part of the

Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba The Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba ( pt, Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was created in 2014, and consists of the following municipalities: * Alambari *Alumínio *Araçarigu ...

. The population is 123,599 (2020 est.).Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The city is located about away from the capital of the state. It has of

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area, of

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and a total area of .

Geography

It is located in a mountainous region and it has an average altitude of . The city has a tropical weather and annual average temperature is 20 degrees. It makes borders with the cities of

Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ...

, Piedade,

Ibiúna Ibiúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba The Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba ( pt, Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo ...

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and

Alumínio Alumínio (Portuguese meaning aluminum) is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 18,767 (2020 est.) in an area of 83.66 km². The elevation is 790 m. Alumín ...

. It has 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.

References

External links

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Votorantim Official Website
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