Arima (Trinidad and Tobago)
| The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima Arima |
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 38 '14 " N , 61 ° 16' 44" W | ||
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| Country | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Arima | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | TT-ARI | ||
| surface | 11.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 33,606 (2011) | ||
| density | 3014 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1757 | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Lisa Roxanne Morris-Julian | ||
| Political party | PNM | ||
Arima is the name of a city in Trinidad and Tobago and the associated borough (administrative district) The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima . The village is the fifth largest in the country.
location
Arima is centrally located in the northern part of the island of Trinidad , south of the Northern Range . The capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain , is 26 kilometers to the west. Arima marks the eastern end of the East-West Corridor , the densely populated metropolitan area of Port of Spain.
history
Arima was founded by the Capuchins in 1757 . In 1785 it became the last Arawak Reserve in Trinidad, as all other known tribes were relocated to Arima by Governor José María Chacón to provide settlement land for Catholics of French descent. In 2012 a Martian crater was named after the city.
Facilities
In Arima is the Arima Velodrome , a 440-meter-long, open-air concrete cycle track , one of three cycle tracks in Trinidad. The Santa Rosa Park is also the only racecourse in Trinidad in Arima. The Larry Gomes Stadium is a football stadium with 10,000 seats, which for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship was built, is home to the football club Caledonia AIA and is also used for Leichtathlethikveranstaltungen.
sons and daughters of the town
- Lauderic Caton (1910–1999), jazz guitarist
- Lord Kitchener (1922–2000), composer and singer
- Clayton Ince (born 1972), football player
- Christopher Sellier (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Kai Selvon (* 1992), sprinter
- Kwesi Browne (* 1994), cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
- Keiana Lester (* 1997), cyclist
gallery
Broadway
Bus station
The Dial
Santa Rosa RC Church
Santa Rosa Church Park
Arima Velodrome
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 26 .
- ↑ DLR.de: Explosive 'twin' craters on Mars. Retrieved August 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Isport.com: Cycling Velodromes in Trinidad And Tobago. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
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