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{{Short description|Municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Batatais
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| image_shield = BrasaoBatatais.svg
| image_flag = BandeiraBatatais.svg
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| image_map = SaoPaulo Municip Batatais.svg
| map_caption = Location in São Paulo state
| pushpin_map = Brazil
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil
| coordinates = {{coord|20|53|28|S|47|35|6|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = Brazil
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]]
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_type4 = [[Microregion (Brazil)|Microregion]]
| subdivision_name4 =
| subdivision_type5 = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]]
| subdivision_name5 =
| established_title =
| established_date =
| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name =
| elevation_m =
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 850
| area_metro_km2 =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 62,980
| population_as_of = 2020<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/batatais/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
| population_metro =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_info_sec1 =
| timezone1 = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset1 = −3
| timezone1_DST =
| utc_offset1_DST =
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 14300-000
| area_code_type = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]]
| area_code = +55 16
| website =
}}
'''Batatais''' is a municipality in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]].
==History==
The settlement became a town and an independent municipality on March 14, 1839, when it was separated from [[Franca]]. It became a city in 1875.<ref>[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/2G6C IBGE], history</ref> [[Washington Luís]], president of Brazil around 1929, was the city mayor in 1899.
==Geography==
The city has an area of {{convert|850|km²|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>[https://archive.today/20150918130457/http://cod.ibge.gov.br/236NI Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]</ref> The elevation is 862 m. The city is in Brazil's sugarcane belt.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/harsh-working-conditions-in-brazil-show-dark-side-of-ethanol-production/ "Harsh Working Conditions in Brazil Show Dark Side of Ethanol Production"]. ''Fox News'', October 02, 2007</ref>
== Population ==
[[File:BRA-2013-253-batatais.jpg|thumb|left]]
In 2020 the population is about 62,980. The population is mostly formed by [[Italian-Brazilians]]. There is commemorated the "San Gennaro Party" that is an example of culture predominance.
== Theories on the origin of the name ==
There are at least four theories for the meaning of the name "Batatais":<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.artefunerariabrasil.com.br/cemiteriosBrasileiros.php?estado=S%E3o%20Paulo%20-%20SP&cidade=Batatais&cemiterio=Cemit%E9rio%20Senhor%20Bom%20Jesus&pg=historia&lng=english |title= Cemitério Senhor Bom Jesus |last1= Borges |first1= Maria Elizia |website= Arte Funerária No Brazil |publisher= [[CNPq]] |accessdate= 26 June 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*The most accepted one is based on historical reports, linked to the Native Americans that lived there and their agricultural activity. The [[Bandeirantes]] may have found a large culture of purple [[sweet potato]]es (Batatais sounds like ''Batatas'', "potatoes").
*Another version came from the Native American language spoken there, and the name came from the word "BAITATA", which means according to some experts "river running through the rocks", meaning the [[waterfall]]s that exists there.
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*Some recent studies also brings another possible version: Batatais or Batatal was an expression used by the old miners to describe the place where [[gold]] can be found at the surface. As this region was part of the old way to the [[Serra Grande Gold Mine|Goias mines]], it is possible that the city was a rest place for the travelers.
==Notable people==
*[[Batatais (footballer)|Algisto Lorenzato]], footballer, known as Batatais
*[[Baldocchi]], footballer, world champion ([[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]])
*[[Zéca Lopes]], footballer
*[[Marcelo Batatais]], footballer
*[[Nhanhá]], footballer
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Batatais }}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Municipalities in São Paulo (state)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1839]]
{{SaoPauloState-geo-stub}}
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