Anaurilândia is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federative units of Brazil, Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and ...

. Its population is 9,076 (2020) and its area is 3,396 km². The town was founded by

Jan Antonín Baťa Jan Antonín Baťa (7 March 1898 – 23 August 1965) (also known as Jan Antonin Bata or Jan Bata, called the King of Shoes) was a Czech-Brazilian shoe manufacturer from Uherské Hradiště (southeastern Moravia), half-brother of Tomáš Baťa. ...

as part of his expansion of the Bata shoe company, founded by his brother

Tomáš Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. Tomáš is also a surname (feminine: Tomášová). Notable people with the name include: Given name Sport *Tomáš Berdych (born 1985), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Cho ...

. Other towns in Brazil linked to Baťa include

Mariápolis Mariápolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 4,091 (2020 est.) in an area of 187 km2. The elevation is 410 m. The town was founded in 1943 by Jan Antonín Baťa as part of his expansion of the Bata s ...

, Batatuba,

Bataguassu Bataguassu is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In 2020, its population was 23,325. Its area is 2,417 km². The town was founded in 1932 by Jan Antonín Baťa as part of his expansion of the Bata shoe company, fo ...

, and

Batayporã Batayporã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population is 11,349 (2020) and its area is 1,828 km2. The town was founded in 1954 by Jan Antonín Baťa as part of his expansion of the Bata shoe ...

. Anaurilândia is a small settlement surrounded by agricultural land and lies on the north side of the

Rio Parana Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Flo ...

. MS-395 is a paved single-lane highway that passes through the town and connects it to Batayporã.

References

Municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul Bata Corporation {{MatoGrossodoSul-geo-stub