Arroio Grande, district of Santa Maria

District of Arroio Grande
District of Arroio Grande ; Arroio Grande, the 4th district of Santa Maria
	District
	District of Arroio Grande, in Santa Maria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Coordinates: 29°38′39.48″S 53°40′35.85″W
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Municipality/City	Santa Maria
Government
• Type	Subprefecture
• Body	Subprefect
Area
• District	130.76 km2 (50.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation	485 m (1,591 ft)
Lowest elevation	69 m (226 ft)
Population [1]
• District	2,702
• Rank	4th of 10
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
• Urban	328
• Rural	2,374
Neighbourhoods	1
Adjacent districts	Palma, Sede.
Website	Official site of Santa Maria

Arroio Grande[2] ("big rivulet") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the north portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is located 18 km (11,18 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria. The district is known as the portal to a wave of Italian immigration in the late 1870s.

The district of Arroio Grande owns an area of 130.71 km² that is equivalent to 7.30% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791.65 km².

History

The district was created in 1988 by municipal law 3099/88 of 1988.[3]

Map of the municipality of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil showing the division by districts.

The district of Arroio Grande is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:

The América Latina Logística railway crosses by the south of the district, in the district of Sede and by a small part of the boundary of the two districts.
Highways in the district:
- RSC-287: In the south perimeter of the district.
- RS-511: Also known by "Estrada Municipal Norberto José Kipper" and is the main highway in the district.

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