Gandu
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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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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- ganduense
- Population
- 26461
- Area
- 243.15
- Elevation
- 270
- Image
- Gandu-ba.jpg
- Dialing code
- 73
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- Gandu
- inception
- 1958-07-28
- Human Development Index
- 0.632
- electorate
- 20784
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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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