Pains (, "Pains" - probably the plural of ''Paim''
family name
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) is a
district
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of the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Santa Maria, in the
Brazil
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ian
state
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of
Rio Grande do Sul
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. 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.
History
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
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created the district of Pains.
Lei Municipal 3369 de 02/10/1991
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Limits
The district limits with the district
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s of Arroio do Só, Palma, Passo do Verde
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History
After the discovery of light crude in the Palo Seco oilfield, the Trinidad Petro ...
, São Valentim and Sede
Sede may refer to:
People
* Gérard de Sède
* Marc Dion Sédé (born 1987), Ivorian football player
Places
* Sede, Ethiopia
* Sede, district of Santa Maria
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.
Neighbourhoods
The district of Pains is divided in the following bairro
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s, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhood
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s:
* Pains;
Roads and railway
* The railway crosses the district in the São Sebastião Village, in neighbourhood Pains;
* In the district crosses the following highway
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s:
** RSC-287: In the boundary with the district of Arroio Grande. Highway that connects to Porto Alegre
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;
**BR-392
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: Crosses in west portion of the district, in the Passo das Tropas Village, in neighbourhood Pains. The highway
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connects to São Sepé;
References
External links
Site oficial da Prefeitura de Santa Maria
{{Subdivisions of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Districts of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul