District of Pains
Pains, the 3rd district of Santa Maria | |
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 District of Pains, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′05.91″S 53°42′53.48″W / 29.7516417°S 53.7148556°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Municipality/City | Santa Maria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Body | Subprefect |
| Area | |
| • District | 133.61 km2 (51.59 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Population | |
| • District | 4,146 |
| • Rank | 2nd of 10 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 34 |
| • Rural | 4,112 |
| Neighbourhoods | 1 |
| Adjacent districts | Arroio do Só, Palma, Passo do Verde, Santa Flora, São Valentim, Sede |
| Website | Official site of Santa Maria |
Pains[3] (Portuguese pronunciation: [???], "Pains" - probably the plural of Paim family name) 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 (9.32 miles) far from Downtown Santa Maria.
The district of Pains owns an area of 133.61 km² that is equivalent to 7,46% 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. - in Portuguese