Trinidad und Tobago

Long before Europeans arrived, Trinidad and Tobago were home to Indigenous peoples, including Arawakan-speaking and Carib groups, who had settled the islands thousands of years earlier. Christopher Columbus reached Trin…

Arima owes its distinctive title to 1887, when the town petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal status as part of the celebrations for her Golden Jubilee; it has been the Royal Chartered Borough of Arima ever since, and…

Sangre Grande is the largest region of Trinidad and Tobago by area, covering 898.94 square kilometres of the island's north-east. From the busy market town of Sangre Grande, which gives the region its name and hosts the…

Mayaro–Rio Claro stretches across 852.81 square kilometres of eastern Trinidad, from the farming country around Rio Claro to the long Atlantic beaches at Mayaro that draw visitors from across the island. Its coast and o…

Princes Town is one of the larger regions of Trinidad and Tobago, covering some 620 square kilometres of southern countryside between rolling hills and the south coast. Its administrative seat is the town of Princes Tow…

Point Fortin was transformed by the discovery of petroleum in the area in 1906. Before that it was a quiet agricultural community of three cocoa and coconut estates, reachable only by coastal steamer, with houses strung…

Siparia's most recent milestone came in 2023, when it was declared a borough together with Diego Martin, making it the fifth and newest borough in the country and the southernmost of them all. The step had been announce…

Penal–Debe is widely regarded as a heartland of Indo-Trinidadian culture, and that inheritance shapes daily life across the region: about 71 per cent of residents are of Indian descent and Hinduism is the largest religi…

San Fernando's defining moment in recent times came on 18 November 1988, when the former borough was elevated to the status of a city corporation, confirming its role as the capital of southern Trinidad. Compact at just…

Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is the third largest of Trinidad and Tobago's nine regions, covering 723 square kilometres from the Gulf of Paria coast into the island's central hills and farmland. Its regional capital and comm…

Chaguanas grew up around sugar: the town originated on an estate beside the Woodford Lodge refinery, and that industry drew the families whose descendants still shape it. Named after the Chaguanes, the Amerindian people…

Port of Spain has been the island's capital since 1757, and that decision shaped everything that followed: government, trade and shipping gathered here on the Gulf of Paria. The city began as the Spanish Puerto de Españ…

Diego Martin's most recent turning point came in November 2020, when it was announced that the area, together with Siparia, would be elevated to borough status in 2021; the former Diego Martin Regional Corporation thus …

San Juan–Laventille is the smallest of Trinidad's regions, covering just 220.39 square kilometres, yet it is among the most densely settled and busiest parts of the island. Lying immediately east of Port of Spain and re…

Tunapuna–Piarco is the most populous of the nine regions of Trinidad and Tobago and the fifth largest by land area, stretching from the Caribbean coast in the north across the Northern Range into the central plains. Its…

Before Christmas time there is an upsurge in "parang" music which is a mixture of French and Spanish folk music. There is also an abundance of parks, many dedicated to the Amerindians who once lived in the area. Santa R…

Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south c…

Sangre Grande () is a region of Trinidad. The Region of Sangre Grande is a local government body and the largest Region of Trinidad and Tobago by area. The region has a land area of 898.94 km2. The Sangre Grande Regiona…

Mayaro–Rio Claro is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Mayaro–Rio Claro Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 852.81 km2 (329.27 sq mi). The M…

Princes Town is a region of Trinidad and Tobago. The local government body is Princes Town Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 620 km2. The Princes Town Re…