Gandu, Brazil

Gandu

*Município de Gandu*
Gandu Município de Gandu
Municipality
	Seal
	Location of Gandu in Bahia
	Gandu Location of Gandu in the Brazil
	Coordinates: 13°44′38″S 39°29′13″W / 13.74389°S 39.48694°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Bahia
Founded	July 28, 1958
Government
• Mayor	Leonardo barbosa cardosa (2017 - 2020)
Area
• Total	243.15 km2 (93.88 sq mi)
Population (2020 )
• Total	32,596
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Ganduense
Time zone	UTC−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]

Notable people

Alejandro Aragao Da Cruz

References

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

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[1] IBGE 2020

[i-2] "Gandu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.

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