Gandu

municipality of Bahia State, Brazil

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The entry is geolocated on the map in BR.

It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in Bahia.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Instance of: municipality of Brazil
Demonym: ganduense
Country: Brazil
Located in: Bahia
Population: 26461
Area: 243.15
Elevation: 270
Shares border with: Wenceslau Guimarães
Image: Gandu-ba.jpg
Dialing code: 73

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Commons category: Gandu
inception: 1958-07-28
Human Development Index: 0.632
electorate: 20784

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Encyclopedic overview

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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