Mesquita,_Rio_de_Janeiro

Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro

Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

22°46′55″S 43°25′44″W

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


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