Amaporã, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Amaporã ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
The history of the municipality of Amaporã is closely linked to the coffee growing installed in the region of Paranavaí.

In 1948, families of farmers applied to the state government for land considered vacant and began planting subsistence and coffee crops, which would become, for many years, the main economic activity in the region. The first group of settlers was made up of Justino Rodrigues de Souza, Mariano Viana and José Viana. Then Gustavo Marques de Oliveira arrived and, later, many families of settlers who formed the village of Jurema.

Soon, the coffee planted in lands of favorable climate, produced abundant harvests, propitiating the growth of the community, that passed to be seen with interest by the political class of Paranavaí, what propitiated the creation, through the Law n.° 116, of 23 of August 1955, from the administrative district of Jurema.

Its transformation into a municipality would take place on July 25, 1960, through State Law No. 4245, and its installation took place on November 12, 1961, when Nelson Busato dos Santos was the first elected mayor. One year after being emancipated, the municipality of Jurema, by law, would change its name to Amaporã.

The soils of Amaporã, as in the entire northwest region of Paraná, are sandy and therefore prone to soil erosion, which requires the adoption of protection techniques. In addition to coffee, cotton became a crop of great economic importance in the municipality, but little by little it gave way to livestock. Amaporã is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Paraná. Its estimated population in 2005 was 5,098 inhabitants.

Of Tupi origin, "loves"... what serves, to be custom + "porã" ... beautiful, beautiful, - Beautiful use, beautiful custom.

The beginning of the town of Amaporã took place in 1955 due to coffee growing. Other crops were later introduced in the municipality, such as cotton, sweet potato, cassava and soybean. It is also active in livestock and in the manioc flour, starch and dairy industries. Created through State Law No. 4,245, of July 25, 1961, and installed on November 12 of the same year, it was separated from Paranavaí.

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch

Other Institutions

 * Prefeitura Municipal de Amaporã