| District of Palma | |
| Other Name: | Palma, the 8th district of Santa Maria |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | -29.7314°N -53.5803°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: | 95.18 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.75 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Max M: | 478 |
| Elevation Max Ft: | 1568 |
| Elevation Min M: | 59 |
| Elevation Min Ft: | 194 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 856 |
| Population Rank: | 7th of 10 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 0 |
| Population Rural: | 856 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Adjacent districts |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Arroio do Só, Arroio Grande, Pains, Sede |
| Website: | Palma8SM.com, Palma SM's official website Official site of Santa Maria |
Palma[3] ("palm") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in north-eastern Santa Maria. The district's seat is located in its geographic center, 23 km (14,59 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria.
The district was created on December 17, 1997.
The district of Palma occupies an area of 95.18 km2 that is equivalent to 5.31% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km2.
In 1997, Santa Maria lost areas with the emancipations occurring in the then districts of Itaara and Dilermando de Aguiar.
At that time, Santa Maria was being administrated by Mayor Oswaldo Nascimento of Brazilian Labour Party, who was in his second mandate. It was then that the inhabitants of the current district came together and through a peoples petition with 280 signatures, vindicated the creation of the district.
The peoples main argument was negligence from the City hall of the locality, because the City hall had not furnished the district any type of assistance. The City hall accepted the creation of this district, in that it had separated from the district of Arroio do Só, in a portion east, and from the district of Arroio Grande in a portion west.
The first district's subprefecture worked, temporarily, together to communitarian salon of Our Lady of Good Health, in Faxinal da Palma Village.[4]
In the district front the main rivers the Arroio Grande River and Vacacaí-Mirim River with the tributaries the Tafona Rivulet and the Araricá Rivulet.
The majority of the population have lived in the district for more than twenty years.
The economy in the district consists mainly of agriculture and livestock.
From the economic viewpoint, the district is divided into two areas:
The district limits with the districts of Arroio do Só, Arroio Grande, Pains and Sede, and, with the municipalities of Restinga Seca and Silveira Martins.
The district of Palma is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods: