Gandu, Brazil

Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
Gandu
Município de Gandu
Municipality
Official seal of Gandu
Seal
Location of Gandu in Bahia
Location of Gandu in Bahia
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]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Gandu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
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Capital: Salvador
Mesoregion Centro Norte Baiano
Feira de Santana
Irecê
Itaberaba
Jacobina
Senhor do Bonfim
Municipalities of Bahia
Mesoregion Centro Sul Baiano
Boquira
Brumado
Guanambi
Itapetinga
Jequié
Livramento do Brumado
Seabra
Vitória da Conquista
Mesoregion Extremo Oeste Baiano
Barreiras
Cotegipe
Santa Maria da Vitória
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Salvador
Catu
Salvador
Santo Antônio de Jesus
Mesoregion Nordeste Baiano
Alagoinhas
Entre Rios
Euclides da Cunha
Jeremoabo
Ribeira do Pombal
Serrinha
Mesoregion Sul Baiano
Ilhéus-Itabuna
Porto Seguro
Valença
Mesoregion Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia
Barra
Bom Jesus da Lapa
Juazeiro
Paulo Afonso
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