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The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality [4] (83,489 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing [5] [6] town in Trinidad and Tobago.Located in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain, north of Couva and San Fernando, and named after the indigenous tribe who originally settled there, it grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery.
On 20 October 1889 the British crown implemented a Royal Order in Council constituting Tobago as a ward of Trinidad, thus terminating local government on Tobago and formed a unified colony government. In 1945 when the county council system was first introduced, Tobago was administered as a single county of Trinidad.
Rank Name Municipality Pop. Rank Name Municipality Pop. Chaguanas San Fernando: 1: Chaguanas: Borough of Chaguanas: 101,297: 11: Sangre Grande: Region of Sangre Grande
After 1990 areas formerly administered by the Caroni County Council were divided into the regions of Couva, Tabaquite–Talparo, Tunapuna, Piarco and the Borough of Chaguanas. In 1992, Couva and Tabaquite–Talparo merged to form Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo and Tunapuna and Piarco merged to form Tunapuna–Piarco .
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality [1] (83,516 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing [2] [3] town in Trinidad and Tobago.Located in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain, north of Couva and San Fernando, named after the indigenous tribe who originally settled there, it grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery.
Arima Borough Corporation; Sangre Grande Regional Corporation; Chaguanas Borough Corporation; Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Regional Corporation; San Fernando City Corporation; Princes Town Regional Corporation; Penal–Debe Regional Corporation; Siparia Regional Corporation; Point Fortin Borough Corporation; Rio Claro–Mayaro Regional Corporation
Nariva and Mayaro were combined under a single county council. Since its establishment in 1980, the Tobago House of Assembly has gradually assumed many of the roles of the central government, in addition to those of local government. Caroni was divided into the regions of Couva, Tabaquite–Talparo, Tunapuna, Piarco and the borough of Chaguanas.
The 2023 Trinidadian local elections were held on Monday, August 14, 2023, across all 141 electoral districts in Trinidad's 14 municipal corporation electoral areas.The elections follow a 3-2 ruling on May 18, 2023, from the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's highest court of appeal, which stated that the government's one-year ...