Bastos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 20,953 in an area of 172 km². The name originated from Henrique …Bastos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 20,953 in an area of 172 km². The name originated from Henrique Bastos, who owned a farm in the area. And it was these same lands that the foundation of the city occurred on June 18, 1928, by Senjiro Hatanaka, sent by the Japanese government to look for land to receive the waves of Japanese immigrants.