Barataria
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Coordinates: 10 ° 39 ′ N , 61 ° 28 ′ W Barataria on the map of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Country | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| region | San Juan Laventille | |
| Residents | 18,299 (2011) | |
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| City structure | 2 communities | |
| Waters | Barataria River | |
| Time zone | UTC −4 | |
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Barataria is a city in Trinidad and Tobago . It is located in the East-West Corridor in the San Juan-Laventille region .
location
Barataria is located in the north of the island of Trinidad in the East-West Corridor, the metropolitan region of the state capital Port of Spain south of the Northern Range from west to east . Since Port of Spain is bounded in the north by the Northern Range and in the south by the Caroni Swamp , the city expanded to the east over time. The resulting east-west corridor is so densely populated that in the past independent cities merge into one another and now have the character of districts of the capital agglomeration. However, they are still formally independent. Barataria is about 4 km east of the city limits of Port of Spain. It borders Morvant to the northwest and is enclosed by San Juan to the east . The Barataria River, one of the numerous tributaries of the Caroni River , flows through the city from north to west and then bends to the south.
history
Barataria emerged from a plantation of the same name. The name is Spanish; it is the name of a fictional island whose governor was the protagonist Sancho Panza in the novel El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes for ten days. Like the surrounding plantations, which grew into cities over time, including El Socorro and San Agustin , it was founded under Spanish rule, i.e. before 1797. Numerous cities in Trinidad have their origins in plantations on which the slaves or, after the abolition of slavery in 1834, the contract workers settled in small settlements, which over time, periodically supported by land reforms, grew into villages and towns.
In 1965, in the wake of the aftermath of Trinidad's independence, the writer and later Trinity Cross bearer CLR James was placed under house arrest in Barataria because he had become a liability for the first Prime Minister of Trinidad, Eric Eustace Williams .
Today Barataria is best known for its high crime rate.
structure
The smallest administrative unit in Trinidad is the community , comparable to a German town . Barataria is divided into the communities Barataria and Malick.
| Community | Residents |
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| Barataria | 9389 |
| Malick | 8910 |
| total | 18,299 |
Politically, the city belongs to the constituency of Barataria / San Juan, and since the local elections in November 2016, Pernell Bruno (PNM) has been a member of the electoral district in the House of Representatives .
Economy and Transport
Toyota Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean-wide financial services provider Maritime Financial Group have their headquarters in West Barataria. This is also where the headquarters of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) is located.
Barataria lies between the two most important west-east routes in the country, the Churchill Roosevelt Highway , which begins in the city, and the Eastern Main Road. In the west begins the Lady Young Road, an important access road for the north Port of Spains. Numerous shops from the retail and service sectors have settled along the two routes.
Facilities
The Catholic Barataria RC Church has an octagonal floor plan and is the first of its kind in Trinidad. The city has two primary and five secondary schools; St. George's College has the second largest green space in the city after the Barataria Sports Ground, the St. George's College Sports Ground. North of St. George's College Sports Ground is the only roller skating rink in Trinidad, the Barataria Roller Skating Rink. Five steel bands have their respective headquarters in Barataria, including the four-time panorama winner Harmonites.
Personalities
- Fitzroy Hoyte (1940-2008), cyclist
- Fuad Khan (* 1955), politician
- Marvin Faustin (* 1967), soccer player
- Heather Headley (born 1974), singer and actress
- Stokely Mason (born 1975), football player
- Aditi Soondarsingh (* 1988), chess player
Individual evidence
- ^ Anthony de Verteuil: Great Estates of Trinidad . 3. Edition. Litho Press, Port of Spain 2000, ISBN 976-95008-2-8 , pp. 8 .
- ^ Caribbean History Archives: Amerindian Names. Retrieved January 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Caribbean History Archives: Independence of Trinidad and Tobago - The Big Moment. Retrieved January 25, 2017 .
- ↑ gov.uk: Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Census 2011
- ↑ Trinidad Express of April 11, 2012: Taking the grand tour of San Juan ( Memento of April 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BestofTrinidad.com: Barataria. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .