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Gandu
Gandu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Gandu covers 243.15 km2 (93.88 mi2), 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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- Population: 32,178.
- Founded: 1958.
- Area: 243.2 sq km.
- Timezone: America/Bahia.