Batu facts for kids

Batu may refer to:

Geography

• Batu, East Java, a city in Indonesia
• Batu Islands, an archipelago of Indonesia
• Batu, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Batu, Kuala Lumpur, an area in Malaysia
• Batu (town), Ethiopia
• Batu Lintang camp, a World War II Japanese POW and civilian internee camp at Kuching, Sarawak
• Batu Tara a small isolated island in the Flores Sea
• Mount Batu, Ethiopia
• Batu (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat

People

• Batu (given name), a Turkic given name
• Batu Khan (c. 1205 – 1255), a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde
• Batu (group), a Brazilian-influenced music group from London
• Batu or Batupuei people in Matupi, Chin State, Myanmar (Burma)
• İnal Batu (1936–2013), Turkish diplomat and politician
• Osman Batur (1899-1951), Kazakh warrior who fought against the Chinese and Russians in East-Turkestan.
• Pelin Batu (born 1978), Turkish actress
• Saru Batu Savcı Bey (died 1287), elder brother of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Trade unions

• Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unionists, former trade union federation
• Building and Allied Trades' Union, Irish trade union

Other uses

• Batu, slang used in Hawaii to describe crystal methamphetamine
• Batu, abbreviation for Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra, India
• Batu, ball game of Taíno origin, similar to volleyball.
• Batu, a fictional character in the book Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones

See also

In Spanish: Batu para niños