# Batavia

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Not to be confused with [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria) or [Jatavia](/source/Jatavia) or [Latvia](/source/Latvia).

**Batavia** may refer to:

## Historical places

- [Batavia (region)](/source/Batavia_(region)), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
- [Batavia, Dutch East Indies](/source/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies), present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East Indies (1619–1949) - [Old Batavia](/source/Old_Batavia), the original downtown area of Jakarta - [Jakarta](/source/Jakarta), the modern-day city, capital of Indonesia
- [Batavian Republic](/source/Batavian_Republic), the Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French vassal state, *Batavia* being the Latin name of the Low countries
- [Passau](/source/Passau), Germany, called *Batavis* or *Batavia* by the Romans
- [West Batavia, New York](/source/West_Batavia,_New_York), a former hamlet and post office in Genesee County

## Modern places

### United States

- [Batavia, California](/source/Batavia,_California), an unincorporated community in Solano County, California
- [Batavia, Illinois](/source/Batavia,_Illinois), a city in Kane County, Illinois, named for the city in New York
- [Batavia, Iowa](/source/Batavia,_Iowa), a city in Jefferson County, Iowa
- [Batavia, Michigan](/source/Batavia,_Michigan), a community in Branch County, Michigan
- [Batavia, New York](/source/Batavia,_New_York), a city which is the county seat of Genesee County, New York, named for the region in the Netherlands - [Batavia (town), New York](/source/Batavia_(town),_New_York), in Genesee County, New York
- [Batavia Kill (Schoharie Creek tributary)](/source/Batavia_Kill_(Schoharie_Creek_tributary)), a river in Greene County, New York
- [Batavia, Ohio](/source/Batavia,_Ohio), a town and the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio
- [Batavia, Wisconsin](/source/Batavia,_Wisconsin), an unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
- [Batavia Township (disambiguation)](/source/Batavia_Township_(disambiguation)), several communities

### Elsewhere

- [Batavia, Suriname](/source/Batavia,_Suriname), a former leper colony site in Suriname
- [Batavia Coast](/source/Batavia_Coast), a region in Western Australia
- [Batavia Road](/source/Batavia_Road), an anchorage in Western Australia

## Transportation

- [*Batavia* (1628 ship)](/source/Batavia_(1628_ship)), a ship of the Dutch East India Company shipwrecked on her maiden voyage on the coast of Australia in 1629 - [*Batavia* (1995 ship)](/source/Batavia_(1995_ship)), a seaworthy replica of the same ship
- [*Batavia* (1802 ship)](/source/Batavia_(1802_ship)), an English ship
- [*Batavia Road* (boat)](/source/Batavia_Road_(boat)), one of the first boats used for a commercial tourist operation in the Houtman Abrolhos
- [Batavia Air](/source/Batavia_Air), an Indonesian airline

## Sport

- [Batavia F.C.](/source/Batavia_F.C.), an Indonesian football club based in South Jakarta
- [Batavia Union F.C.](/source/Batavia_Union_F.C.), an Indonesian football club based in North Jakarta

## Other uses

- Batavia, a type of [lettuce](/source/Lettuce) with broad flat leaves
- [Batavia (cloth)](/source/Batavia_(cloth)), an 18th-century silk fabric, popular for dress in France, made in Batavia now (Jakarta)
- [*Batavia* (opera)](/source/Batavia_(opera)), by Richard Mills
- [Batavia Institute](/source/Batavia_Institute), a registered historic place in Batavia, Illinois
- Batavia, a group of islands in Dougal Dixon's book *[After Man: A Zoology of the Future](/source/After_Man)*
- Batavia Knoll, a submerged microcontinent part of the [Naturaliste Plateau](/source/Naturaliste_Plateau)

## See also

- [Batavians](/source/Batavians), a Germanic tribe living during the Roman Empire in the area of the Rhine delta
- [Batavi (disambiguation)](/source/Batavi_(disambiguation))
- [Betawi (disambiguation)](/source/Betawi_(disambiguation))
- [Betawi people](/source/Betawi_people), named after Batavia, Dutch East Indies

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