Official Name: | Bataguassu |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -21.7139°N -52.4219°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Mato Grosso do Sul |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 2,417 |
Population Total: | 23,325 |
Population As Of: | 2020[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | HDI |
Timezone1: | AMT |
Utc Offset1: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 79780-000 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +55 67 |
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, founded by his brother Tomáš.[2]
Other towns in Brazil linked to Baťa include Anaurilândia, Batatuba, Mariápolis, and Batayporã.