Administrative divisions of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

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

Districts

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 submayors (subprefeitos), each of them appointed by the municipal mayor.

Bairros and Administrative Regions

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". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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