Anagé, Bahia, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Founded by the pioneer and captain-major João Gonçalves da Costa, in 1784, when the road connecting Arraial da Conquista to Caetité and the São Francisco River opened, the region was originally inhabited by the imboré and mongoiós Indians.

The settlement of the territory began in the second half of the 19th century, by adventurers who settled there, developing agriculture.

The fertility of the land attracted new settlers who settled there, forming the village of São João, elevated to a village in 1920, with the name of São João da Vila Nova.

The toponym is a Tupi word that means hawk.

District created with the name of São João da Vila Nova, on July 25, 1898, subordinated to the municipality of Conquista.

On November 30, 1938, the district of São João da Vila Nova took the name of Joanópolis.

On June 1, 1944, the district of Joanópolis was renamed Anagé and lost its territory to constitute the new district of Belo Campo belonging to the municipality of Vitória da Conquista. Under the same decree-law mentioned above, the municipality of Conquista took the name of Vitória da Conquista.

Elevated to the category of a municipality with the name of Anagé, on April 5, 1962, dismembered from Vitória da Conquista. Headquarters in the old district of Anagé.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil com Funções Notariais Rua da Parteira Gabriela, 64 Centro Anagé Anagé 45180-000 Bahia Telephone: (0xx77) 3435-2159

Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais Av. Agnelo Cardoso, s/n São João Batista Anagé Anagé 45180-000 Bahia Telephone: (0xx75) 3435-2159 Fax: (0xx75) 3435-2159

Local Churches
Paróquia de São João Batista Avenida Fidélis Botelho, s/n Centro 45160-000 Telephone: (77) 3435-2124

Localities
Distrito de Coquinhos