District of Arroio Grande
Arroio Grande, the 4th district of Santa Maria | |
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 District of Arroio Grande, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°38′39.48″S 53°40′35.85″W / 29.6443000°S 53.6766250°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Body | Subprefect |
| Area | |
| • District | 130.76 km2 (50.49 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population | |
| • District | 2,702 |
| • Rank | 4th of 10 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 328 |
| • Rural | 2,374 |
| Neighbourhoods | 1 |
| Adjacent districts | Palma, Sede. |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
Arroio Grande[3] ("big rivulet") 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. The district's seat is located 18 km (11,18 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria. The district is known as the portal to a wave of Italian immigration in the late 1870s.
The district of Arroio Grande owns an area of 130.71 km² that is equivalent to 7.30% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791.65 km².
- ^ 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. Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine - in Portuguese