Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The Japurá, the main access route to the municipality to which it lends its name, was one of the first Amazonian rivers to be navigated. It is said that in 1755 the magistrate Ribeiro Sampaio, on a "visit to correct the villages", went up the Japurá River visiting the villages of Santo Antônio and São Matias. Between 1764 and 1768, Tinoco Valente founded the villages of Santo Antônio do Mapiri, São Matias and São Joaquim do Macapiri. "Japurá" is the name that the river has in Brazilian territory. According to a chronicler of the time, Father José Antônio Monteiro de Noronha, Iapura was the name that the Indians gave to a bland, black dough made of certain fruits and which they ate with beiju and also because the Indians who formerly inhabited it were from the Iapura nation. the banks of the river. Japurá was once inhabited by a large tribe of Indians. From the mouth of this river to the mouth of the Apapóris there were twelve huts with 70 Indians, including many Miranhas. There was no longer a Passé or Xomana to be seen, only a few relics of the Jury and Cueretu nations. The Macu roamed between Japurá and Negro.

The municipality of Japurá was created in 1955 and was installed on January 25, 1956.

Local Offices
Ofício do Judicial e Anexos Av. Juscelino Kubitschek, s/n Centro Japurá Japurá 69495-000 Amazonas Telephone:(0xx97) 3426-1023 Fax:(0xx97) 3426-1007 Email:cjapura@bol.com.br

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal Av. Amâncio Barbosa, s/n Centro 69495-000 Telephone: (44) 3635-1690 E-mail: administrativo@japura.pr.gov.br Website: http://www.japura.pr.gov.br/