Passos Maia is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. It is one of the many municipalities that make up the western portion of Santa Catarina, a state in southern Brazil whose interior is characterized by a mix of small towns and rural districts.
As a municipality, Passos Maia forms part of the local administrative structure of Santa Catarina, with its own municipal government. The state of Santa Catarina lies in Brazil's South region, bordered by Paraná to the north and Rio Grande do Sul to the south, with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Beyond its status as a municipality within Santa Catarina, few details about Passos Maia are firmly established in widely available reference sources. It should not be confused with other places bearing similar names.