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district
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of the
municipality
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Brazil
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Rio Grande do Sul
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. It is situated in the west portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is 12 km (7.46 miles) far from Downtown Santa Maria.
The district of São Valentim owns an area of 133.38 km2 that is equivalent to 7.44% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km2.
History
São Valentim was born in 1997 by the separation from district of Boca do Monte due to geographic factors and inhabitants' will.
Limits
The district limits with the
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Sede
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People
* Gérard de Sède
* Marc Dion Sédé (born 1987), Ivorian football player
Places
* Sede, Ethiopia
* Sede, district of Santa Maria
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, and with the municipality of
Dilermando de Aguiar
Dilermando de Aguiar is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Paleontology
In this city there are outcrops of Sanga do Cabral Formation, the (Railroad abandoned between Dilermando de Aguiar and São Gabriel). Early Triass ...
.
Neighbourhoods
The district of São Valentim is divided in the following
bairro
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s, that in English is equivalent to
neighbourhood
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São Valentim
São Valentim is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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;
Roads and railway
* In the district hasn't
railway
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* The district has the following
highway
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s:
** BR-158: in the northwest portion of district, cutting the district in a stretch and in the boundary with the district of Boca do Monte.