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):

 

Sede

São Valentim

Pains

Arroio Grande

Arroio do Só

Passo do Verde

Boca do Monte

Palma

Santa Flora

Santo Antão

Map of the municipality of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil showing the division by districts.

#	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

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	—	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). (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

External links

• Political Map of Santa Maria (.pdf)
• (in Portuguese) The City's Official Website