Tunapuna-Piarco

Tunapuna-Piarco
Basic data
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Capital	Tunapuna
surface	527.2 km²
Residents	215,119 (2011)
density	408 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TT-TUP
Website	tunapunapiarcoregional.org (English)
politics
Chairman	Paul Leacock
Political party	PNM

Coordinates: 10 ° 39 ′  N , 61 ° 23 ′  W

Tunapuna-Piarco is one of nine regions and an administrative unit in Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago .

geography

Tunapuna-Piarco is in the north of Trinidad. It is bordered by San Juan-Laventille to the west, Chaguanas to the southwest , Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo to the south, and Sangre Grande to the east . In the north, Tunapuna-Piarco borders the Caribbean Sea , and in the southeast of the region it completely encloses the independent Borough Arima . As it covers large parts of the East-West Corridor , it is the most populous administrative unit in Trinidad. Due to its location, the fifth largest region in the country also includes large parts of the Northern Range , the largest mountain range in the country, and includes the two highest mountains of Trinidad, the Cerro del Aripo (940 m) and the El Tucuche (937 m). The region is divided into 71 communities , the smallest administrative units in the country, which in Germany correspond to urban areas or districts and in rural areas to local locations . Major cities in Tunapuna-Piarco are:

• Arouca
• Blanchisseuse
• Curepe
• St. Augustine
• Tacarigua
• Trincity
• Tunapuna
• Valsayn

history

The part of today's Tunapuna-Piarco region, located south of the Northern Range, is a fertile lowland, which is also a short distance from the port and later capital Port of Spain , which has existed since 1560, and which flows with the Caroni River over a river towards Port of Spain , formerly navigable river. During the Spanish and British colonial times, the region was therefore the location of several economically important plantations, on which, among other things, sugar cane and cocoa were grown and which are still reflected today in place names such as Valsayn or Orange Grove.

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 ("Regional Corporations") created. In 1992, the Municipal Corporations Act No. 21 modified in parts to reduce the number of administrative units. Parts of the county of Saint George became Tunapuna-Piarco.

economy

Since Tunapuna-Piarco covers large parts of the East-West Corridor, a significant part of Trinidad's economic output is generated here. There are many companies in the food and light industry for local needs and for supplying the neighboring islands. The service sector is characterized by financial service providers such as banks, insurance companies and many wholesalers and retailers. Due to the drainage of the Northern Range to the south, the soil along the East-West Corridor is very fertile, so that numerous farms have settled on the edge of the agglomeration. On the north coast and in the Asa Wright Nature Center , tourism is an economic factor to a lesser extent. Trinidad's main airport, Piarco International Airport , is located in Piarco , 30 km southeast of the capital Port of Spain . The airline of Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Airlines , is also headquartered there. In Trincity is the Trincity Mall , the largest with 185,000 m² area shopping mall in the Caribbean (By comparison, the largest German shopping center CentrO comes to 119,000 m² of floor space, but has several floors). There are several educational institutions of international importance in St. Augustine , including a. one of the four campuses of the University of the West Indies with approximately 18,000 students enrolled.

Web links

• Official website of the Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation
• Map of the Tunapuna-Piarco region of the Trinidadian government

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anthony de Verteuil: Great Estates of Trinidad . 3. Edition. Litho Press, Port of Spain 2000, ISBN 976-95008-2-8 , pp. 310 .
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