Gandu

municipality of Bahia State, Brazil

Key facts

Country: Brazil
Region: Northeast
State: Bahia
Founded: July 28, 1958
Mayor: Leonardo barbosa cardosa (2017 - 2020)
Total: 243.15 km (93.88 sq mi)
Density: 134.06/km (347.21/sq mi)
Demonym: Ganduense
Time zone: UTC−3 ( BRT )

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Image: Gandu-ba.jpg
Dialing code: 73

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Gandu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Gandu covers 243.15 km (93.88 mi), and has a population of 32,596 with a population density of 125 inhabitants per square kilometer. Gandu has its origin as Fazenda Corujão, a farm purchased in 1912 by José Amado Costa for the cultivation of cocoa. Corujão became a district of the municipality of Ituberá in 1958, and an independent municipality on July 18, 1962.

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