Santa Flora, Santa Maria

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Santa Flora
Bairro
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The bairro in District of Santa Flora
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District of Santa Flora, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Coordinates: 29°53′03.66″S53°52′50.72″W / 29.8843500°S 53.8807556°W / -29.8843500; -53.8807556 Coordinates: 29°53′03.66″S53°52′50.72″W / 29.8843500°S 53.8807556°W / -29.8843500; -53.8807556
Country Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Municipality/City Santa Maria
District District of Santa Flora
Area
 • Total 508.52 km2 (196.34 sq mi)
Population [1]
 • Total 1,074
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
Adjacent bairros Pains, Passo do Verde, São Valentim
Website Official site of Santa Maria

Santa Flora [2] ("Saint Flora") is a bairro in the District of Santa Flora in the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in south of Santa Maria.

Bairro community or region within a Portuguese-speaking city or municipality

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.

Santa Flora, district of Santa Maria District in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santa Flora is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the south portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is located 36 km from Downtown Santa Maria.

Municipality An administrative division having corporate status and usually some powers of self-government or jurisdiction

A municipality is usually a single urban 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.

Villages

The bairro contains the following villages: Banhadinho, Banhados, Carangueijo, Carvalhas, Casa Branca, Colônia Favorita, Colônia Grápia, Colônia Pedro Carlos, Colônia Pena, Colônia Pinheiro, Colônia Vacacaí, Coxilha Bonita, Galpões, Passo da Lagoa, Passo do Pavão, Rincão da Limeira, Rincão da Ramada, Rincão da Várzea, Rincão do Araçá, Rincão do Carangueijo, Rincão do Jacaré, Rincão dos Banhados, Rincão dos Pires, Rincão Grande, Santa Flora, Vila Santa Flora.

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

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References

  1. ↑ Population of the territories of Santa Maria. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in Portuguese.
  2. ↑ 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. - in Portuguese
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