Vale do Aço

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The Vale do Aço is a metropolitan area in Minas Gerais, Brazil, comprising the municipalities of Ipatinga, Coronel Fabriciano, Santana do Paraíso and Timóteo.

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 metropolitan area was officially defined in 1998 and has a population of 430,700 (IBGE estimate 2005).

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