Nova Iguaçu is a city in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. It is part
of the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. It was the state's second
largest city in population until Mesquita was split off, and now it is the
fourth largest behind São Gonçalo, Duque de Caxias and the state capital, Rio
de Janeiro. It lies northwest of Rio de Janeiro, in the centre of the northern
part of its metropolitan area, Baixada Fluminense. The current mayor is Nelson
Bornier (PMDB). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova
Iguaçu.
Nova Iguaçu has an estimated
