District of Passo do Verde | |
Other Name: | Passo do Verde, the 6th district of Santa Maria |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | -29.8833°N -53.7204°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: | 133.40 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 51.51 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Max M: | 116 |
Elevation Max Ft: | 381 |
Elevation Min M: | 41 |
Elevation Min Ft: | 135 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 531 |
Population Rank: | 10th of 10 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Urban: | 5 |
Population Rural: | 526 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Adjacent districts |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Arroio do Só, Pains, Santa Flora |
Website: | Official site of Santa Maria |
Passo do Verde[3] (pronounced as /pt/; "green pitch") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the south portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is located 23 km (14,29 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria, nearby the Vacacaí River close to the boundary of Santa Maria with São Sepé.
The district of Passo do Verde owns an area of 133.40 km2 that is equivalent to 7.45% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km2.
The district was created on April 19, 1994, by municipal law 3770/94[4] with area deducted from district of Santa Flora.
The district is situated in the south portion of municipality of Santa Maria. Altogether the relief is suavely undulating and is characterized by the presence of floodplains and coxilhas without big difference with its altimetric elevations.[5]
The district limits with the districts of Arroio do Só, Pains and Santa Flora, and, with the municipalities of Formigueiro and São Sepé.
The district of Passo do Verde is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods: