São Valentim[3] ("Saint Valentine") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the west portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is 12 km (7.46 miles) far from Downtown Santa Maria.
District of São Valentim
São Valentim, the 2nd district of Santa Maria | |
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 District of São Valentim, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′19.22″S 53°56′59.52″W / 29.7553389°S 53.9498667°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Body | Subprefect |
| Area | |
• District | 133.38 km2 (51.50 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 150 m (492 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Population | |
• District | 565 |
| • Rank | 9th of 10 |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 14 |
| • Rural | 551 |
| Neighbourhoods | 1 |
| Adjacent districts | Boca do Monte, Pains, Santa Flora, Sede |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
The district of São Valentim owns an area of 133.38 km2 that is equivalent to 7.44% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km2.
History
editSão Valentim was born in 1997 by the separation from district of Boca do Monte due to geographic factors and inhabitants' will.
Limits
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The district limits with the districts of Boca do Monte, Pains, Santa Flora and Sede, and with the municipality of Dilermando de Aguiar.
Neighbourhoods
editThe district of São Valentim is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:
Roads and railway
edit- In the district hasn't railway;
- The district has the following highways:
- BR-158: in the northwest portion of district, cutting the district in a stretch and in the boundary with the district of Boca do Monte.
References
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