Passo do Verde[3] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu du ˈveʁdʒi]; "green pitch") 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 23 km (14,29 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria, nearby the Vacacaí River close to the boundary of Santa Maria with São Sepé.
District of Passo do Verde
Passo do Verde, the 6th district of Santa Maria | |
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 District of Passo do Verde, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°52′59.77″S 53°43′13.40″W / 29.8832694°S 53.7203889°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Body | Subprefect |
| Area | |
• District | 133.40 km2 (51.51 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population | |
• District | 531 |
| • Rank | 10th of 10 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5 |
| • Rural | 526 |
| Neighbourhoods | 1 |
| Adjacent districts | Arroio do Só, Pains, Santa Flora |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
The district of Passo do Verde owns an area of 133.40 km2 that is equivalent to 7.45% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km2.
History
editThe district was created on April 19, 1994, by municipal law 3770/94[4] with area deducted from district of Santa Flora.
Geography
editThe district is situated in the south portion of municipality of Santa Maria. Altogether the relief is suavely undulating and is characterized by the presence of floodplains and coxilhas without big difference with its altimetric elevations.[5]
Limits
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The district limits with the districts of Arroio do Só, Pains and Santa Flora, and, with the municipalities of Formigueiro and São Sepé.
Neighbourhoods
editThe district of Passo do Verde is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:
Roads and railway
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Population of the territories of Santa Maria. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in Portuguese.
- ^ Municipal law # 4120/97, of 1997.
- ^ 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
- ^ City council of Santa Maria. Municipal law nº3770/94, of 04/19/1994
- ^ TELLES, Fátima Regina Oliveira. Atividade turística no distrito Passo do Verde - Santa Maria/RS: Problemas e perspectivas. CCNE/UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. 2007. (in Portuguese)