Amaturá, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The origins of the municipality of Amaturá are linked to those of São Paulo de Olivença, which dates back to the mission of São Paulo Apóstolo. The area was founded by the Jesuits, who catechized the Indians of the Solimões River Basin at the end of the 17th century. After the disputes between the Spanish and the Portuguese for domination of the region, the Portugese were victorious in appropriating the region. The former São Paulo Apóstolo Mission, later Aldeia de São Paulo dos Cambebas, became the seat of the municipality. It was separated from Tefé and from the name of São Paulo de Olivença. Its territory experiences several divisions, giving rise to the autonomous municipalities of Benjamin Constant and Santo Antônio do Içá. In 1968 it was classified as a National Security area. On 12.10.1981, by Constitutional Amendment No. 12, the District of Amaturá was divided and combined together with an adjacent territory divided from Fonte Boa, forming the autonomous municipality of Amaturá. Amaturá is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of Amazonas, in the northern region of the country. It belongs to the Mesoregion of Southwest Amazon and Microregion of Alto Solimões. It is located west of Manaus, capital of the state, at a distance of about 1,072 km, occupies an area of 4758.821 km and its population estimated by IBGE in 2015 was 10,847 inhabitants. This makes this municipality the fifty-eighth most populous municipality in the state of Amazonas.

Amaturá was founded on December 10, 1981.

Former Names:
 * São Paulo de Olivença

Local Offices
Ofício Distrital do Registro Civil Praça São Cristovão s/n - Centro Amaturá Amaturá 69620-000 Amazonas Telephone: 97-34631234

Online Resources

 * 1634-1878 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Other Institutions

 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Amaturá

Av. 21 DE Junho, 1746 Centro 69.620-000 Amaturá Amazonas Telephone/Fax: (97) 3463-1150 Email: prefeitura_amt@yahoo.com.br Facebook: Facebook
 * Prefeitura Municipal