| District of Pains | |
| Other Name: | Pains, the 3rd district of Santa Maria |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | -29.7516°N -53.7149°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality/City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Santa Maria |
| Government Type: | Subprefecture |
| Governing Body: | Subprefect |
| Area Total Km2: | 133.61 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 51.59 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Max M: | 139 |
| Elevation Max Ft: | 456 |
| Elevation Min M: | 46 |
| Elevation Min Ft: | 151 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4146 |
| Population Rank: | 2nd of 10 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 34 |
| Population Rural: | 4112 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Adjacent districts |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Arroio do Só, Palma, Passo do Verde, Santa Flora, São Valentim, Sede |
| Website: | Official site of Santa Maria |
Pains[3] (pronounced as /pt/, "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.
With the creation of the Camobi neighbourhood, integrating it to district of Sede, continued to exist the "district of Camobi" that, nowadays, is equivalent to the districts of Arroio Grande (part of) and Pains. After it was created the district of Arroio Grande and to not be confounded with the neighbourhood of district of Sede with the same name (Camobi), the city hall created the district of Pains.[4]
The district limits with the districts of Arroio do Só, Palma, Passo do Verde, Santa Flora, São Valentim and Sede.
The district of Pains is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:
Crosses in west portion of the district, in the Passo das Tropas Village, in neighbourhood Pains. The highway connects to São Sepé;