Arroio Grande, district of Santa Maria

For the neighbourhood of this district, see Arroio Grande, Santa Maria.

District in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

District of Arroio Grande

Arroio Grande, the 4th district of Santa Maria

District

District of Arroio Grande, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Coordinates: 29°38′39.48″S 53°40′35.85″W﻿ / ﻿29.6443000°S 53.6766250°W﻿ / -29.6443000; -53.6766250
Country| Brazil
State| Rio Grande do Sul
Municipality/City| Santa Maria
Government

• Type| Subprefecture
• Body| Subprefect
Area

• District

| 130.76 km2 (50.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation

| 485 m (1,591 ft)
Lowest elevation

| 69 m (226 ft)
Population

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• District

| 2,702
• Rank| 4th of 10
• Density| 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
• Urban

| 328
• Rural

| 2,374
Neighbourhoods| 1
Adjacent districts| Palma, Sede.
Website| Official site of Santa Maria

Arroio Grande[3] ("big rivulet") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the north portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is located 18 km (11,18 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria. The district is known as the portal to a wave of Italian immigration in the late 1870s.

The district of Arroio Grande owns an area of 130.71 km² that is equivalent to 7.30% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791.65 km².

## History

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The district was created in 1988 by municipal law 3099/88 of 1988.[4]

## Limits

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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.

The district limits with the districts of Palma and Sede, and with the municipalities of Silveira Martins, Júlio de Castilhos and Itaára.

## Neighbourhoods

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The district of Arroio Grande is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:

* Arroio Grande;

## Roads and railway

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* The América Latina Logística railway crosses by the south of the district, in the district of Sede and by a small part of the boundary of the two districts.
* Highways in the district:
* RSC-287: In the south perimeter of the district.
* RS-511: Also known by "Estrada Municipal Norberto José Kipper" and is the main highway in the district.

## See also

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* District of Arroio Grande, in Portuguese Wikipedia.

## References

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1. ^ Population of the territories of Santa Maria. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in Portuguese.
2. ^ Municipal law # 4120/97, of 1997.
3. ^ Municipal Law 0072 of 2009 that establishes the law of use and occupation of the soil, subdivision, urban perimeter and road system of the municipality of Santa Maria. Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine \- in Portuguese
4. ^ "City Council of Santa Maria. Municipal law number 3099/88 of 1988 December 12" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2012-11-23.

## External links

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* Site oficial da Prefeitura de Santa Maria

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Subdivisions of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul

Districts|

* Arroio do Só
* Arroio Grande
* Boca do Monte
* Pains
* Palma
* Passo do Verde
* Santa Flora
* Santo Antão
* São Valentim
* Sede

Bairros|

* Agroindustrial
* Arroio do Só
* Arroio Grande
* Boca do Monte
* Boi Morto
* Bonfim
* Camobi
* Campestre do Menino Deus
* Carolina
* Caturrita
* Centro
* Cerrito
* Chácara das Flores
* Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon
* Divina Providência
* Dom Antônio Reis
* Duque de Caxias
* Itararé
* Juscelino Kubitschek
* Km 3
* Lorenzi
* Menino Jesus
* Noal
* Nonoai
* Nossa Senhora das Dores
* Nossa Senhora de Fátima
* Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
* Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro
* Nossa Senhora do Rosário
* Nossa Senhora Medianeira
* Nova Santa Marta
* Pains
* Palma
* Passo d'Areia
* Passo do Verde
* Patronato
* Pé de Plátano
* Pinheiro Machado
* Presidente João Goulart
* Renascença
* Salgado Filho
* Santa Flora
* Santo Antão
* São João
* São José
* São Valentim
* Tancredo Neves
* Tomazetti
* Uglione
* Urlândia

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