Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just west of the capital Port-of-Spain and east of Chaguaramas. It is a densely populated area nestled in a valley of the Northern Range. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego Martín. The area was first settled by French planters and their slaves in the 1780s. It consists of a cluster of villages including Congo Village, Diamond Vale, Green Hill, Patna Village, Petit Valley, La Puerta, Rich Plain, River Estate and Sierra Leone. "Patna" reflects the settlement of Indo-Trinidadian indentured labourers, while "Congo" and "Sierra Leone" refer to free African indentured labourers. Places to visit include the historical Waterwheel and the Blue Range waterfalls. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a nation located in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. ... Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Chaguaramas lies in the North West Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port-of-Spain; the name if often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to the most developed area. ... The Northern Range is the range of tall hills across the northern portion of Trinidad, the major island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events and Trends 1787 United States Constitution 1788 Great Britain established the prison colony of New South Wales in Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Patna (पटना) is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Indo-Trinidadians are people of South Asian descent who are citizens or nationals of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Jump to: navigation, search An Indentured servant is an unfree labourer under contract to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person or a company/corporation, often without any monetary pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials, training, or passage to a new country. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day...

The town area is administered by the Diego Martin Regional Corporation. Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago is handled through 5 municipalities, 9 Regional Corporations and the Tobago House of Assembly. ...

References

• Anthony, Michael. 1997. Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0810831732