Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a nation located in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. It is an archipelagic state consisting of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and 21 smaller islands, the most important being Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Grande (or Gasparee), Little Tobago and St. Giles Is. The larger and more populated island is Trinidad, while the island of Tobago is smaller (303 square kilometres; about 6% of the total area) and less populous (50,000 people; 4% of the total population). Citizens are officially called Trinidadians or Tobagonians or Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, but are informally referred to as Trinis or Trinbagonians.

Regional Corporations and Municipalities

Main article: Regional Corporations and Municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago

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The local government bodies consist of nine Regional Corporations and five municipalities in Trinidad and the Tobago House of Assembly in Tobago.

Related Topics:
Municipalities - Tobago

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The five towns with municipality-status are:

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• The Borough of Arima
• The Borough of Chaguanas
• The City of Port-of-Spain
• The Borough of Point Fortin
• The City of San Fernando

The nine Regional corporations are:

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• Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation
• Diego Martin Regional Corporation
• Penal-Debe Regional Corporation
• Princes Town Regional Corporation
• Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation
• San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation
• Sangre Grande Regional Corporation
• Siparia Regional Corporation
• Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation

Local government in Tobago is handled by the Tobago House of Assembly

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Historically, Trinidad was divided into eight counties, and these counties were subdivided into Wards. Tobago was adminstered as a Ward of County Saint David.

Related Topics:
Counties - Wards

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• Caroni
• Mayaro
• Nariva
• Saint Andrew
• Saint David
• Saint George
• Saint Patrick
• Victoria

Prior to reform of the system in the early 1990s these counties functioned as the administrative bodies for Local Government with the following modifications:

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• Saint George was divided into Saint George East, Saint George West, the City of Port of Spain and the Royal Borough of Arima.
• The Borough (City after 1988) of San Fernando was separate from County Victoria.
• After 1980 the Borough of Point Fortin was separated from the County Saint Patrick.
• Saint Andrew and Saint David were combined under a single County Council.
• 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.

Counties and Wards still play a role in revenue collection by the government.

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