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Administrative divisions of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

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This is a list of the administrative divisions of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Districts

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The municipality is divided into 10 districts (Portuguese: distritos):

# District Distance
from Sede
Population (2010)[1] Date of creation [2]
1st Sede ("municipal seat") 0 km 246,465 (94.4%) 17 November 1837
2nd São Valentim 12 km 565 (0.2%) 19 December 1997
3rd Pains 15 km 4,146 (1.6%) 29 April 1914
4th Arroio Grande 18 km 2,702 (1.0%) 19 December 1988
5th Arroio do Só 36 km 944 (0.4%) 4 March 1896
6th Passo do Verde 23 km 531 (0.2%) 19 April 1991
7th Boca do Monte 16 km 2,941 (1.1%) 4 March 1896
8th Palma 18 km 856 (0.3%) 19 December 1997
9th Santa Flora 36 km 1,074 (0.4%) 27 July 1962
10th Santo Antão 11 km 807 (0.3%) 28 December 2001
Total Municipal Population 261 031 (100.0%)

Apart from the 1st District, all the others are administered by Subprefects (subprefeitos), each of them appointed by the municipal Mayor.

Bairros and Administrative Regions

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Santa Maria is officially organized in 50 bairros ("neighborhoods"), 41 of which are located in the 1st District of Sede ("Seat"), which accounts for 94.4% of the total population in the municipality. The remaining 9 bairros are coextensive with the 9 rural districts.

The 41 bairros of the Seat District are further grouped into 8 regiões administrativas (or R.A., "administrative regions").

District Administrative Region Bairros
Sede R.A. Center
  • Centro ("city centre" or "downtown")
  • Bonfim
  • Nonoai
  • Nossa Senhora de Fátima
  • Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
  • Nossa Senhora Medianeira
  • Nossa Senhora do Rosário
R.A. Center-East
  • João Luiz Pozzobon
  • Cerrito
  • Pé-de-Plátano
  • São José
R.A. Center-West
  • Duque de Caxias
  • Noal
  • Passo D'Areia
  • Patronato
  • Uglione
R.A. East
  • Camobi
R.A. North
  • Carolina
  • Caturrita
  • Chácara das Flores
  • Divina Providência
  • Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro
  • Salgado Filho
R.A. Northeast
  • Campestre do Menino Deus
  • Itararé
  • Km 3
  • Menino Jesus
  • Nossa Senhora das Dores
  • Presidente João Goulart
R.A. South
  • Lorenzi
  • Dom Antônio Reis
  • Tomazetti
  • Urlândia
R.A. West
  • Agro-Industrial
  • Boi Morto
  • Juscelino Kubistchek
  • Pinheiro Machado
  • Renascença
  • Nova Santa Marta
  • São João
  • Tancredo Neves
São Valentim
  • São Valentim
Pains
  • Pains
Arroio Grande
  • Arroio Grande
Arroio do Só
  • Arroio do Só
Passo do Verde
  • Passo do Verde
Boca do Monte
  • Boca do Monte
Palma
Santa Flora
  • Santa Flora
Santo Antão
  • Santo Antão
  1. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (16 November 2011). "Sinopse por setores". Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros (2007). "Santa Maria - Histórico" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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