Gandu, Brazil

Coordinates: 13°44′38″S 39°29′13″W / 13.74389°S 39.48694°W / -13.74389; -39.48694
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Gandu
Município de Gandu
Official seal of Gandu
Location of Gandu in Bahia
Location of Gandu in Bahia
Gandu is located in Brazil
Gandu
Gandu
Location of Gandu in the Brazil
Coordinates: 13°44′38″S 39°29′13″W / 13.74389°S 39.48694°W / -13.74389; -39.48694
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Bahia
FoundedJuly 28, 1958
Government
 • MayorLeonardo barbosa cardosa (2017 - 2020)
Area
 • Total243.15 km2 (93.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total32,596
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
DemonymGanduense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Gandu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Gandu covers 243.15 km2 (93.88 sq 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.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Gandu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.