This is a list of the administrative divisions of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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The municipality is divided into 10 districts (Portuguese: distritos):
| # | District | Distance from Sede |
Population † |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sede (English: "(Municipal) Seat") | 0 km | 229,031 (94.02%) |
| 2nd | São Valentim | 12 km | 494 (0.20%) |
| 3rd | Pains | 15 km | 3,559 (1.46%) |
| 4th | Arroio Grande | 18 km | 2,701 (1.11%) |
| 5th | Arroio do Só | 36 km | 1,127 (0.46%) |
| 6th | Passo do Verde | 23 km | 498 (0.20%) |
| 7th | Boca do Monte | 16 km | 4,085 (1.68%) |
| 8th | Palma | 18 km | 856 (0.35%) |
| 9th | Santa Flora | 36 km | 1,263 (0.52%) |
| 10th | Santo Antão | 11 km | ‡ |
| TOTAL POPULATION | 243,611 (100.00%) | ||
| † Data from 2000. ‡ Santo Antão was created after 2000, from a north-eastern portion of the 7th district of Boca do Monte. |
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Apart from the 1st District, all the others are administered by submayors (subprefeitos), each of them appointed by the municipal mayor.
The 1st District, Sede, contains the urban perimeter of Santa Maria, i.e. the city itself. For its greater complexity when compared to the other ones, the Seat District is further subdivided into 8 administrative regions (regiões administrativas) and 41 neighbourhoods (bairros).
Following is a list of the Seat District's bairros organized per administrative region, hereinafter called RAs (from Portuguese: região administrativa).