| Pains | |
|---|---|
| Bairro | |
 The bairro in District of Pains | |
 District of Pains, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′02.18″S53°42′17.32″W / 29.7506056°S 53.7048111°W Coordinates: 29°45′02.18″S53°42′17.32″W / 29.7506056°S 53.7048111°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| District | District of Pains |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133.61 km2 (51.59 sq mi) |
| Population [1] | |
| • Total | 4,146 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Adjacent bairros | Arroio do Só, Camobi, Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon, Lorenzi, Palma, Passo do Verde, Santa Flora, São Valentim, Tomazetti |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
Pains [2] is a bairro in the District of Pains in the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located in southest[ clarification needed ] 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.
Pains is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the central portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is 15 km far from Downtown Santa Maria.
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
