Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro

22°46′55″S 43°25′44″W

The Municipality of Mesquita
Municipality
Flag Seal
Localization of Mesquita in Rio de Janeiro.
Coordinates: 22°48′19″S 43°24′55.91″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Rio de Janeiro
Founded	September 25, 1999
Government
• Mayor	Jorge Lúcio Ferreira Miranda (PSDB)
Area [1]
• Total	39.062 km^2 (15.082 sq mi)
• Land	41.490 km^2 (16.019 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [2])
• Total	176,569
• Density	4,500/km^2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3
Website	www.mesquita.rj.gov.br

Mesquita (Portuguese for 'mosque'; pronounced [mesˈkitɐ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is 42 km² (16 sq mi).^[1]

The municipality contains part of the 4,398 hectares (10,870 acres) Mendanha State Park, created in 2013.^[3] The name is a reference to the second Baron of Mesquita, Jerônimo Roberto de Mesquita, the owner of the old farms (fazendas) in the present central region of the municipality.

References

1. "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
2. IBGE 2020
3. Parque Estadual do Mendanha (in Portuguese), INEA, retrieved 2017-01-15