Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro

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The municipality contains part of the 4398 ha 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.

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