Guajará, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
On 05.21.1957, by Decree-Law nº 05, the indicated lands was expropriated and then handed over to the community. In 1979, it was changed to the category of Vila, which originally belonged to the municipality of Ipixuna On 12.30.1987, at the creation of the municipality, there was controversy due to the name that had been changed to Canamari. The majority of constituents preferred returning the municiapality to its original name, Guajará, which in Tupi means "tree".

Changed to the category of municipality and district with the name of Guajará in 1987. Date of Installation: 01/01/1989

Former Names:
 * Canamari

Local Offices
Cartório do Judicial e Anexos da Comarca de Guarajá Rua Edson Herculano, nº520 Guajará Amazonas 69895000 Telephone:(097)8101-0922 E-mail: aluizio.almeida@tjam.jus.br

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Leopoldo Carlos, S/N Centro 69895-000