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Port of Spain
Port of Spain is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country’s third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031.
It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east with an estimated population of 600,000.
Port of Spain is Trinidad and Tobago‘s most developed city. The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative center, while it has been the capital of the island since 1757. It is also an important financial services center for the Caribbean and is home to two of the largest banks in the region. Stemming from this status, the International Finance Center was launched in 2008 at the Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre.
The Borough of Chaguanas
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality and fastest-growing town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in Central Trinidad about 18 km (11 miles) south of Port of Spain, Chaguanas began life as a convict depot.
It grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery. It remained a minor town until the 1980s when it began to grow rapidly. Although it originally drew people for bargain shopping and moderately-priced housing, the growth of the town has seen property values increase dramatically.
Chaguanas became a borough in 1990; prior to that it was part of the County of Caroni. The current mayor is Natasha Navas and the Borough Council is dominated by the United National Congress.
San Fernando
The City of San Fernando with a population of 55,419 according to the 2000 census is the larger of Trinidad and Tobago‘s two cities and the second largest municipality after Chaguanas.
It occupies 18 km² and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad. It is bounded to the north by the Guaracara River, the south by the Oropouche River, the east by the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, and the west by the Gulf of Paria.
The former Borough of San Fernando was elevated to the status of a city on November 18, 1988. San Fernando is called Trinidad’s “industrial capital” because of its proximity to the Pointe-a-Pierre oil refinery and many other petrochemical, LNG, iron and steel and aluminum smelters in places such as Point Lisa’s, Point Fortin, and La Brea.
La Brea is also home to the world famous pitch lake, the chief tourist attraction in the San Fernando area, and has offshore oil and gas platform fabrication facilities, as well as a deep water harbour.
The Royal Borough of Arima
The Royal Borough of Arima with a population of 35,000 is the fourth largest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located 26 km (16 miles) east of the capital, Port of Spain, Arima supports the only organized indigenous community in the country, the Santa RosaCarib Community and is the seat of the Carib Queen (currently Valentina Medina).
Arima was founded in 1757 by Capuchin friars as a mission to convert the Amerindian population to Christianity. The name is reported to mean “water”. Arima petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal status as part of her Golden Jubilee in 1887.
This was granted the following year and Arima became a Royal Borough on August 1, 1888. Historically the third town of Trinidad, Arima has slid into fourth position as, Arima.
Marabella
Marabella is a town in southern Trinidad, between San Fernando (to the south) and Pointe-a-Pierre (to the north). Originally a separate town, it was incorporated into the City of San Fernando in the 1990s.Marabella is home to the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, one of the four major stadia in Trinidad and Tobago.
Point Fortin
Point Fortin, the smallest Borough in Trinidad and Tobago, is located in southwestern Trinidad, about 32 km (20 miles) southwest of San Fernando. After the discovery of petroleum in the area in 1906 the town grew into a major oil-producing centre.
The town grew with the oil industry between the 1940s and 1980s, culminating in its elevation to borough status in 1980. After the end of the oil boom Point Fortin was hit hard by economic recession in the 1980s and the closure of its oil refinery. Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas plant by Atlantic LNG boosted the economy.
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