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Trinidad and Tobago is divided into seven regions, five boroughs, two city corporations and one ward.
| Regions, municipalities and wards of Trinidad and Tobago | |
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| Location | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Trinidad and Tobagoportal |
Trinidad and Tobago is divided into seven regions, five boroughs, two city corporations and one ward.
The following are the municipalities and regions created after the amendment of Act No.8 of 1992: [1] [2]
| Municipalities of Trinidad | ||||||
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| Municipality | Status | Land area [3] | Population (2011) [4] | Population density [3] | ||
| km2 | sq mi | /km2 | /sq mi | |||
| Port of Spain | City | 12 | 4.6 | 37,074 | 3,090 | 8,000 |
| San Fernando | City | 19 | 7.3 | 48,838 | 2,570 | 6,700 |
| Chaguanas | Borough | 59 | 23 | 83,516 | 1,416 | 3,670 |
| Arima | Borough | 12 | 4.6 | 33,606 | 2,801 | 7,250 |
| Point Fortin | Borough | 25 | 9.7 | 20,235 | 809 | 2,100 |
| Diego Martin | Borough | 126 | 49 | 102,957 | 817 | 2,120 |
| Siparia | Borough | 495 | 191 | 86,949 | 176 | 460 |
| Regions of Trinidad | ||||||
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| Region | Land area [3] | Population (2011) [5] | Population density [3] | Regional Capital | ||
| km2 | sq mi | /km2 | /sq mi | |||
| Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo | 723 | 279 | 178,410 | 247 | 640 | Couva |
| Mayaro–Rio Claro | 814 | 314 | 35,650 | 44 | 110 | Rio Claro |
| Penal–Debe | 246 | 95 | 89,392 | 363 | 940 | Penal |
| Princes Town | 620 | 240 | 102,375 | 165 | 430 | Princes Town |
| San Juan–Laventille | 239 | 92 | 157,258 | 658 | 1,700 | San Juan |
| Sangre Grande | 927 | 358 | 75,766 | 82 | 210 | Sangre Grande |
| Tunapuna–Piarco | 510 | 200 | 215,119 | 422 | 1,090 | Tunapuna |
The following regions were merged after the amendment of Act No.8 of 1992: [2]
| Dissolved Regions | Consolidated Region |
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| Couva | Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo |
| Tabaquite–Talparo | |
| Mayaro | Mayaro–Rio Claro |
| Rio Claro | |
| Tunapuna | Tunapuna–Piarco |
| Piarco | |
| San Juan | San Juan–Laventille |
| Laventille |
Before 1990 Trinidad was divided into eight counties.
Tobago is a ward of Trinidad and Tobago and is governed locally by the Tobago House of Assembly.
Historically, Tobago was divided into seven parishes (Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Patrick and Saint Paul). In 1768 each parish of Tobago had nominated representatives to the Tobago House of Assembly. 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.
In 1980 provisions were made for the Tobago House of Assembly to be revived as an entity providing local government in Tobago. Under the revived system, Tobago is made up of 15 local electoral districts since 2021, previously 12 districts, with each district electing one Assemblyman to the THA.
| No. | Electoral districts [6] |
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| 1 | Bagatelle/Bacolet |
| 2 | Belle Garden/Glamorgan |
| 3 | Bethel/New Grange |
| 4 | Bethesda/Les Coteaux |
| 5 | Bon Accord/Crown Point |
| 6 | Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant |
| 7 | Darrel Spring/Whim |
| 8 | Lambeau/ Lowlands |
| 9 | Mason Hall/Moriah |
| 10 | Mt. St. George/Goodwood |
| 11 | Parlatuvier/L’Anse Fourmi/Speyside |
| 12 | Plymouth/Black Rock |
| 13 | Roxborough/Argyle |
| 14 | Scarborough/Mt. Grace |
| 15 | Signal Hill/Patience Hill |
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Penal–Debe region is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Penal–Debe Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 246.91 km². Urban areas within Penal–Debe include Penal, where the corporation is headquartered, and Debe. Indians make up the majority of the region with 71%, followed by minorities of Africans, Douglas, other multiracial, Europeans, Chinese, Amerindians, Portuguese, Arabs, and others. Hinduism is the largest religion in the region at 43%, followed by Christianity, Islam, not stated, others, Irreligion, Orisha-Shango, and Rastafari.
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