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.