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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.
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 major towns of County Caroni are Chaguanas and Couva. The port and industrial zone of Point Lisas is located in Caroni, and the region is also a site for agriculture. Caroni County, which takes its name from the Caroni River, stretches from the hills of the Central Range into the lowlands of the Caroni Plains and the Caroni Swamp.
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
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Chaguanas: Borough: 59 23 83,516 1,416 3,670 Arima: Borough: 12 4.6 33,606 2,801 7,250 Point Fortin: ... In 1945 when the county council system was first introduced ...
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
In 2012, the government of Trinidad and Tobago approved the introduction of postal codes starting later that same year. In addition to the postal code implementation the country has embarked on a nationwide address improvement initiative adopting the Universal Postal Union (UPU) S-42 international standard of addressing.