Batayporã 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 ...
of
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 11,349 (2020) and its area is 1,828 km
2.
The town was founded in 1954 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 ...
.
Batayporã is surrounded by agricultural land. It is located south of
Anaurilândia at the junction of MS-395 and MS-134 (BR376), paved single-lane highways.
Other towns in Brazil linked to Baťa include
Anaurilândia,
Batatuba,
Bataguassu, and
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 ...
.
References
Municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul
Bata Corporation
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