Scarborough (Tobago)
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 11 ′ N , 60 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | TT-TOB | ||
| Residents | 1167 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1654 | ||
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Scarborough is the capital of the island of Tobago , which together with Trinidad forms the island state of Trinidad and Tobago .
geography
Scarborough, located in southwest Tobago on Rockly Bay, is the seat of the island's administration and the only commercial port. Administratively, Scarborough is in Parish Saint Andrew, which has 16,209 inhabitants. The smallest administrative unit of the Trinidadian administrative structure is the community , comparable to a municipality in German-speaking countries. The community Scarborough has 1167 inhabitants Colloquially Scarborough and some surrounding communities are summarized to the city of Scarborough.
history
The history of the city is linked to the eventful history of Tobago. First mentioned in 1654 as Nieuw- Vlissingen and later as Lampsinburg , named after the shipowner, wholesaler and 1st Baron of Tobago Cornelis Lampsins , Scarborough is a Dutch foundation. Over the next fifteen years, first the British and then the French conquered the island. In 1670 the Dutch were back in power and established the first civil government in Tobago.
It was not until 1762, in the meantime the island had been a French colony for ninety years, that the British recaptured the island and initially chose Georgetown as the seat of government. In 1769 the House of Assembly was relocated to Lampinsburg. In the course of this transfer, Scarborough was given its current name and became the island's seat of government. From 1789 to 1814 the city was called Port Louis, again under French rule. In 1790 the city was almost completely destroyed in a great fire caused by a mutiny by the soldiers and then rebuilt.
Attractions
- The park-like botanical garden was opened in 1888 and is located in the middle of the city.
- Fort King George is east of downtown. It was built in 1777, taken over by the French in 1781 and renamed Fort Castries . After some back and forth, the English moved back into the fort in 1814. In 1856 a prison and a hospital were established. In 1926 a water reservoir was built on the site and a lighthouse in 1958, until a park was created in 1965. The National Museum is housed in one building .
- The Court House from 1825 is now used as the meeting place of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) - a facility of the local government.
- The Dwight Yorke Stadium is located southeast in the Scarborough upstream town of Bacolet and was named after Tobago's most successful footballer, who u. a. played at Manchester United .
traffic
The only two-lane road on the island, the Claude Noel Highway , runs from Scarborough to the airport. The Winward Road leads along the southern coast of Roxborough and on to Charlottesville . The Northside Road leads over Moriah to the north coast and there to Castara , Parlatuvier and L'Anse Fourmi.
From the central bus station in Scarborough there are blue and white painted buses (mostly from the Chinese company Higer Bus ) of the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) . The main routes are: west to Crown Point and Black Rock, east to Charlotteville, and north to Moriah, Castara and L'Anse Fourmi. The tickets are very cheap (between TT $ 3 and TT $ 8) and must be purchased before you start your journey.
The same routes are used by shared taxis - here they are called maxi-taxis , blue-and-white painted minibuses with 8 seats, and route taxis , cars with 4 seats. Both types can be stopped in the open.
About 13 kilometers to the west is the ANR Robinson International Airport with daily connections to Port of Spain and some international flights, including Frankfurt am Main .
The port of Scarborough was expanded as a deep water port in 1991, and a terminal for cruise ships has been built in recent years. At the ferry terminal, there are fast ferries to Port of Spain at least twice a day. The TT Spirit and the TT Express need 2.5 hours for a crossing, which costs TT $ 150 per person (as of 2012).
Daughters and sons of the city
- Emile Abraham (* 1974), racing cyclist
- Cyd Gray (born 1976), football player
- Josanne Lucas (* 1984), track and field athlete
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census
- ↑ Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 .
- ↑ PTSC homepage. September 9, 2010, accessed September 9, 2010 .