Diego Martin (Region)

Diego Martin
Basic data
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Capital	Petit Valley
surface	127.5 km²
Residents	102,957 (2011)
density	807 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TT-DMN
Website	dmrctt.com (EN)
politics
Chairman	Susan Hong
Political party	PNM

Coordinates: 10 ° 43 ′  N , 61 ° 33 ′  W

Westmoorings and Glencoe as well as the offshore archipelagos Five Islands and Diego Islands

Diego Martin is a region and administrative unit in Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago .

geography

Diego Martin is in the north of Trinidad. It is bordered by San Juan-Laventille to the east and Port of Spain to the southeast . It is bounded to the north by the Caribbean Sea and to the south by the Gulf of Paria . The western foothills of the Northern Range shape the landscape of the region.

Diego Martin is the most important tourist region in Trinidad, as it includes the largest marina in the country as well as the Bocas Islands and Five Islands , which are popular with locals . In the north of the region there are also scenic foothills of the Northern Range . Significant cities and places in Diego Martin are:

• Diego Martin (86,800 inhabitants, as of 2000)
• Petit Valley (8140, 2000)
• Cocorite (6472, 2011)
• Carenage (10,188, 2011)
• Glencoe
• Macqueripe

history

Until 1990 Trinidad was divided into counties . As part of an administrative reform (Municipal Corporations Act No. 21), all counties were dissolved in 1990 and new administrative units were created. Parts of County Saint George became Diego Martin. The region is named after the Diego Martin River, which rises in the Northern Range and drains into the Gulf of Paria. The river, in turn, was named after one of the island's early Spanish explorers.

economy

A not unimportant economic factor in Diego Martin is the marina in Chaguaramas Bay, which offers 3000 boat berths and is a popular place for sailors to sit out the hurricane season due to its location south of the hurricane belt. There are also some smaller shipyards and facilities for maritime trade in Chaguaramas Bay. On Cronstadt Island there is a plant for further processing of imported barite with a capacity of 35,000 tons per year.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Citypopulation.de
2. ↑ LegalAffairs.gov.tt: Municipal Corporations Act. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .  (PDF, 810 kB)
3. ↑ Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 188 .
4. ↑ Evelin Seeliger-Mander: Trinidad and Tobago, p. 223. Reise Know-How Verlag, 3rd edition 2004