Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro
# Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro

22°46′55″S 43°25′44″W﻿ / ﻿22.78194°S 43.42889°W﻿ / -22.78194; -43.42889

Mesquita (Portuguese for 'mosque'; pronounced) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is 42 $km^2$ (16 sq mi).

The municipality contains part of the 4,398 hectares (10,870 acres) Mendanha State Park, created in 2013. 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.

