District of Santa Flora | |
Other Name: | Santa Flora, the 9th district of Santa Maria |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | -29.8964°N -53.8937°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rio Grande do Sul |
Subdivision Type2: | municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Santa Maria |
Government Type: | Subprefecture |
Governing Body: | Subprefect |
Area Total Km2: | 508.52 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 196.34 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Max M: | 139 |
Elevation Max Ft: | 456 |
Elevation Min M: | 50 |
Elevation Min Ft: | 164 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1074 |
Population Rank: | 5th of 10 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Urban: | 175 |
Population Rural: | 899 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Adjacent districts |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Pains, Passo do Verde, São Valentim. |
Website: | Official site of Santa Maria |
Santa Flora[3] ("Saint Flora") 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 36 km (22,37 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria.
The district of Santa Flora owns an area of 508,52 km² that is equivalent to 28,38% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km².
The district of Santa Flora was created in 1961 and its first name was Colônia Vacacaí. Its area arose from the dismemberment of territories from the districts of Arroio do Só and Dilermando de Aguiar, that was a district of Santa Maria and nowadays is a municipality.
On July 7, 1962 the district received the actual name.
The district limits with the districts of Pains, Passo do Verde, São Valentim, and, with the municipalities of São Sepé, São Gabriel and Dilermando de Aguiar.
The district of Santa Flora is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods: