| District of Sede | |
| Other Name: | Sede, the 1st district of Santa Maria |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | -29.6978°N -53.7877°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: | 133.71 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 51.63 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Max M: | 300 |
| Elevation Max Ft: | 984 |
| Elevation Min M: | 60 |
| Elevation Min Ft: | 197 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 246465 |
| Population Rank: | 1st of 10 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 246465 |
| Population Rural: | 0 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 41 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Adjacent districts |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Arroio Grande, Boca do Monte, Pains, Palma, Santo Antão, São Valentim |
| Website: | Official site of Santa Maria |
Sede[3] ("Seat") 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. Downtown Santa Maria is one of its bairros (neighbourhoods).
The district of Sede owns an area of 133.71 km² that is equivalent to 7.46% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791,65 km².
The district was created with the denomination of Santa Maria da Boca do Monte, by provincial law number 6 of 1837, November 17,[4] thus, the district still belonged to the municipality of Cachoeira do Sul. After, as Seat of the municipality of Santa Maria, the district gave origin, for separation, to many another districts, and, some of them became municipalities like Itaara.
The district of Sede contains the Downtown Santa Maria.
In 1982, the district had its first official division in bairros,[5] in 1986 are made small changes.[6] However, it was created detached bairros before 1982, like is the case of Bairro Roberto Holtermann that was created in 1961,[7] and nowadays is part of the Nossa Senhora de Fátima neighbourhood with the name of Vila Holtermann.
The bairros - neighbourhoods - of Sede created in 1986 endured up to 2006, when the city hall and the city council created the actual bairros of the district, and:
Difference between the division of 1986 (black lines) and of 2006 (bairros in colours).----Bairros from 1986 to 2006
A - Centro B - Nossa Senhora das Dores C - Nossa Senhora de Lourdes D - Medianeira E - Nossa Senhora do Rosário F - Salgado Filho G - Chácara das Flores H - Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro I - Itararé J - Presidente João Goulart K - Km Três L - São José M - Cerrito N - Urlândia O - Tomazzetti P - Patronato Q - Passo d'Areia R - Juscelino Kubitschek S - Caturrita T - Pé de Plátano U - Camobi V - Cohab Camobi W - Cohab Passo da Ferreira X - Parque Pinheiro Machado----Bairros from 2006 on
1 - Centro 2 - Bonfim 3 - Nonoai 4 - Nossa Senhora de Fátima 5 - Nossa Senhora de Lourdes 6 - Nossa Senhora do Rosário 7 - Nossa Senhora Medianeira 8 - Camobi 9 - Carolina 10 - Caturrita 11 - Chácara das Flores 12 - Divina Providência 13 - Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro 14 - Salgado Filho 15 - Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon 16 - Cerrito 17 - Pé de Plátano 18 - São José 19 - Campestre do Menino Deus 20 - Itararé 21 - Km 3 22 - Menino Jesus 23 - Nossa Senhora das Dores 24 - Presidente João Goulart 25 - Lorenzi 26 - Tomazetti 27 - Urlândia 28 - Dom Antônio Reis 29 - Duque de Caxias 30 - Noal 31 - Passo d'Areia 32 - Patronato 33 - Uglione 34 - Agroindustrial 35 - Boi Morto 36 - Juscelino Kubitschek 37 - Pinheiro Machado 38 - Renascença 39 - Nova Santa Marta 40 - São João 41 - Tancredo Neves
The district limits with the districts of Arroio Grande, Boca do Monte, Pains, Palma, Santo Antão and São Valentim, and with the municipality of Itaara.
The district of Sede is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods:
In the district, the highway begins its portion north and ends in portion west;
"Evandro Behr Avenue", is one of the main connection from Downtown Santa Maria to Camobi, where is the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria;
Connects the district to districts of Pains, Passo do Verde and Santa Flora, and, with the all south portion of Rio Grande do Sul State;
Connects the district with the district of Boca do Monte, and all portion west of the Rio Grande do Sul State;