Trincity
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Coordinates: 10 ° 38 ′ N , 61 ° 21 ′ W Trincity on the map of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Country | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| region | Tunapuna-Piarco | |
| Residents | 4252 (2011) | |
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| City structure | 2 communities | |
| Waters | Arouca River | |
| Time zone | UTC −4 | |
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Trincity is a city in Trinidad and Tobago . The place in the north of the island of Trinidad is a planned city .
location
Trincity is located in the north of the island of Trinidad , in the middle of 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 Northen 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. Trincity is bordered by Tacarigua to the west, Arouca to the east and Piarco to the southeast . In the north rise the mountains of the Northern Range.
history
In the area of today's Trincity there were originally sugar cane plantations that go back to the colonial times. In the 1960s, two developments collided: the cultivation of sugar cane was no longer profitable, and the population of Port of Spain had reached an all-time high of just under 100,000. On the initiative of the plantation owners, a company was founded that converted agricultural land into settlement land and built the first smaller planned cities to sell affordable residential property to capital city residents. The company changed hands several times and was renamed Home Construction Limited (HCL) in the late 1970s. The planning and construction of the core of today's city took place in the 1980s by Home Construction Limited. The company followed the concept of New Urbanism in the planning . Almost all residential buildings are single-story single-family houses. In 1984 HCL opened the Trincity Mall, which is still a well-known landmark of the current city.
structure
The smallest administrative unit in Trinidad is the community , comparable to a German town . Trincity is divided into the Dinsley and Trincity communities.
| Community | Residents |
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| Dinsley | 2667 |
| Trincity | 1585 |
| total | 4252 |
At the state level, the city belongs to the Arouca / Maloney constituency, and Camille Robinson-Regis (PNM), who is also Minister for Planning and Development, has been a member of the electoral district in the House of Representatives since the 2015 elections . At the municipal level, Trincity belongs to the Macoya / Trincity constituency, and here too won the PNM in the 2016 municipal elections.
Economy and Transport
Trincity is a residential town with no industry to speak of. Service and catering establishments have settled across the city. A central economic factor is the Trincity Mall, the largest shopping center in the Caribbean with 185,000 m² of floor space. The shopping center counted over five million visitors in 2014. The national supermarket chain Tru Valu is based in Trincity.
Trincity runs between the two main east-west axes of the Trinidadian expressway network, the Churchill Roosevelt Highway and the Eastern Main Road . The largest airport in the country, Piarco International Airport , is located three kilometers southeast of the city near Piarco.
Facilities
With the Casselton Gardens and the Squadron Grounds, the city has two smaller green spaces, the latter of which is also used for football games. The spacious area of the Millennium Golf Club borders the city in the southeast.
Trincity has a secondary school with Bishop Anstey High School East and an elementary school with Dinsley Government Primary School. One of three campuses of the SBCS further education institute is located in the city, as is a campus of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT).
The Parang band Los Amigos Cantadores, which has won prizes in several national competitions, is based in Trincity. The women's football club Trincity Nationals became the Trinidadian women's champions in 2016.
Personalities
- Kevin Jeffrey (* 1974, soccer player)
- Kelvin Jack (* 1976, soccer player)
- Julieon Raeburn (* 1978, athlete)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Annika Fritz: Trincity Millennium Vision . In: 44th ISOCARP Congress 2008 . 2008. (PDF, 592 KB)
- ^ A b Raphael John-Lall: Trincity Mall, 30 years later . In: Trinidad Guardian . November 13, 2014.
- ↑ Census 2011
- ↑ Official Results for Local Government Elections Held on November 28th, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2018 . (PDF, 198 KB)
- ↑ Tracy Assing: Christopher Castagne: “Young parranderos like us, we sing everything” . In: Caribbean Beat . No. 118, November 2012.
- ^ Joel Bailey: Trincity Nationals rely on discipline and dedication for team success . In: Trinidad Newsday . 1st September 2017.