The World Record of ‘largest number of twins in a city’ has been achieved by the inhabitants of Cândido Godói Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Cândido Godói is a municipality of 6641 inhabitants in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil famous for the high number of twins born rate. The twin phenomenon is centered in Linha São Pedro, a small settlement in the city of Cândido Godói, in an ethnically homogeneous population of German descent.