Gandu | |
Native Name: | Município de Gandu |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gandu in the Brazil |
Coordinates: | -13.7439°N -39.4869°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | July 28, 1958 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Leonardo barbosa cardosa (2017 - 2020) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 243.15 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 32,596 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Ganduense |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Gandu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Gandu covers 243.15km2, 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.