Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago

Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago
Location	Trinidad and Tobago
Created	1990
Number	15

Trinidad

Municipalities of Trinidad
Municipality	Land area[1]		Population (2011)[2]	Population density[1]
Municipality	km²	sq mi	Population (2011)[2]	/km²	/sq mi
Port of Spain	12	4.6	37,074	3,090	8,000
San Fernando	19	7.3	48,838	2,570	6,700
Chaguanas	59	23	83,516	1,416	3,670
Arima	12	4.6	33,606	2,801	7,250
Point Fortin	25	9.7	20,235	809	2,100

Regions of Trinidad
Region	Land area[1]		Population (2011)[3]	Population density[1]		Regional Capital
Region	km²	sq mi	Population (2011)[3]	/km²	/sq mi	Regional Capital
Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo	723	279	178,410	247	640	Couva
Diego Martin	126	49	102,957	817	2,120	Diego Martin
Mayaro–Rio Claro	814	314	35,650	44	110	Mayaro
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
Siparia	495	191	86,949	176	460	Siparia
Tunapuna–Piarco	510	200	215,119	422	1,090	Tunapuna

Before 1991 Trinidad was divided into eight counties.

Tobago

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 12 local electoral districts with each district electing one Assemblyman to the THA.

No.	Electoral districts[4]
1	Bacolet / Mount St. George
2	Goodwood /Belle Garden west
3	Bethel / Mt. Irvine
4	Black Rock / Whim / Spring Garden
5	Buccoo / Mount Pleasant
6	Canaan / Bon Accord
7	Lambeau / Signal Hill
8	Parlatuvier / L'Anse Fourmi / Speyside
9	Plymouth / Golden Lane
10	Providence / Mason Hall / Moriah
11	Belle Garden East/ Roxborough / Delaford
12	Scarborough / Calder Hall

Notes

Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
Electoral Districts in the Electoral Area of Tobago in relation to Tobago House of Assembly Elections, Elections & Boundaries Commission of T&T

References

2000 Census: Total Population by Sex, Sex Ratio and Area 2000
Min. of Public Administration; Gov't. Information Service (2009). "Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago". NALIS. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
Dupont, Jerry (2001). "Trinidad and Tobago". The common law abroad: constitutional and legal legacy of the British empire. William S. Hein Publishing. pp. 295–303. ISBN 0-8377-3125-9. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
Julien, Joel. "T&T goes to the polls again". Trinidad and Tobago Express. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010.

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[density-1] Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[2] Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[4] Electoral Districts in the Electoral Area of Tobago in relation to Tobago House of Assembly Elections, Elections & Boundaries Commission of T&T

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Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago
Regions	Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Diego Martin Mayaro–Rio Claro Penal–Debe Princes Town San Juan–Laventille Sangre Grande Siparia Tunapuna–Piarco
Municipalities	Borough of Arima Borough of Chaguanas Borough of Point Fortin City of Port of Spain City of San Fernando
Other bodies	Tobago House of Assembly
Counties (historic)	Caroni Mayaro Nariva Saint Andrew Saint David Saint George Saint Patrick Victoria