| Noal | |
|---|---|
| Bairro | |
 The bairro in District of Sede | |
 District of Sede, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°41′33.33″S53°49′45.79″W / 29.6925917°S 53.8293861°W Coordinates: 29°41′33.33″S53°49′45.79″W / 29.6925917°S 53.8293861°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| District | District of Sede |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.3349 km2 (0.5200 sq mi) |
| Population [1] | |
| • Total | 7,582 |
| • Density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Adjacent bairros | Bonfim, Juscelino Kubitschek, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Passo d'Areia, Patronato. |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
Noal [2] is a bairro in the District of Sede in the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located in west Santa Maria.
A bairro is a Portuguese word for a quarter or a neighborhood or, sometimes, a district within a city or town. It is commonly used in Brazil, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking places. Bairro is cognate with Germanic berg, burg, borg, burgh, borough etc, and Spanish barrio, all of which descend from the same Proto-Indo European root.
Sede ("Seat") 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. Downtown Santa Maria is one of its bairros (neighbourhoods).
The municipalities of Brazil are administrative divisions of the Brazilian states. At present, Brazil has 5,570 municipalities, making the average municipality population 34,361. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most subdivided state, with 853.
