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Port of Spain, population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third largest municipality by population, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the north-west coast of the island of Trinidad. The city serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre. It also serves as a financial services centre and is home to two of the largest banks in the English-speaking Caribbean. It is one of the major shipping hubs of the Caribbean, with exports of agricultural products and asphalt. Bauxite from the Guianas and iron ore from Venezuela are trans-shipped via facilities at Chaguaramas, about five miles west of the city. The tallest building in Port of Spain (and in the entire country) is the Nicholas Tower. Image File history File links PoSTT.PNG Summary Modified from PD file Image:Td-map. ...
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Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago is handled through 5 municipalities, 9 Regional Corporations and the Tobago House of Assembly. ...
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Map of Trinidad and Tobago List of cities towns and villages in Trinidad and Tobago: A Arima Arnos Vale Arouca Auzonville Avocat B Bacolet Balmain Bamboo Village Barataria Barrackpore Basterhall Beetham Gardens Belle Gardens Belmont Ben Lomond Biche Black Rock Blanchisseuse Boissiere Village Bon Accord Bon Aventure Bonasse Borde Narve...
A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest (67,000, 2000 census) and fastest-growing town in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The City of San Fernando is one of the largest cities which exist in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The Gulf of Paria (Golfo de Paria in Spanish) is a shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. ...
The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on the Caribbean Plate. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The term asphalt is often used as an abbreviation for asphalt concrete. ...
Bauxite with penny Bauxite (pebbly) Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminium silicates, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...
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. ...
History
 Port of Spain Harbour, 1890s Port of Spain was founded near the site of the Amerindian fishing village of Cumucurapo ("place of the silk cotton trees"), located in the area today known as Mucurapo, west of the city centre. The name Conquerabia is also recorded for an Amerindian settlement in this area; this may have been a separate village, another name for Cumucurapo, or the result of miscomprehension by early Spanish settlers, who established a port here: "Puerto de los Hispanioles", later "Puerto de Espana". In 1560, a Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary. Download high resolution version (878x619, 186 KB)Image published in 1897 - no copyright. ...
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Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...
Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ...
Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The part of today's downtown Port of Spain closest to the sea was once an area of tidal mudflats covered by mangroves. The first Spanish buildings here, in the 16th and 17th centuries, were open mud-plastered ajoupas, interspersed between large silk cotton trees and other trees. The fort was a mud-walled enclosure with a shack inside, a flagpole, two or three cannon, and few Spanish soldiers. The Caribs were transient, travelling to the mainland (now Venezuela) and up the Orinoco River. The French naval commander Comte D'Estrées visited in 1680, and reported that there was no Port of Spain. But in 1690, Spanish governor Don Sebastien de Roteta reported in writing to the King of Spain: "Already six houses have been made and others have been started. There is already a church in this place, so that it was unnecessary to build a new." Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that grow in mangrove habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999). ...
This article is about the Island Carib, who lived on the islands of the Caribbean. ...
This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ...
Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...
Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...
The Spanish monarchy, referred to as the Crown of Spain (Corona de España) in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the office of the King or Queen of Spain. ...
In 1699, the alcalde of Trinidad reported to the King that the natives "were in the habit of showering scorn and abuse upon the Holy Faith and ridiculed with jests the efforts of the Holy Fathers". Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ...
Alcalde is the Spanish title of the chief administrator of a town. ...
By 1757, the old capital, San José de Oruña (modern St. Joseph), about seven miles inland, had fallen into disrepair, and Governor Don Pedro de la Moneda transferred his seat to Port of Spain, which thus became Trinidad's de facto capital. The last Spanish Governor of Trinidad, Don José Maria Chacón, devoted much of his time to developing the new capital. He compelled the island's Cabildo (governing council) to move to Port of Spain, and limited its powers to the municipality. The 1783 Cedula of Population, which encouraged the settlement of French Catholics in the island, led to a rapid increase in the town's population and its geographical extension westwards. 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Don José Maria Chacón was the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad. ...
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From the small cluster of buildings at the foot of the Laventille Hills, eleven streets were laid out west to the area bounded by the St. Ann's River, thus establishing the grid pattern which has survived in downtown Port of Spain to the present day. Along the sea shore was the Plaza del Marina (Marine Square), a parade ground. By 1786, the town had a population of about three thousand. Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
In 1787 Chacon, realising that the St. Ann's River, prone to flooding, was impeding the expansion of the town, had its course diverted so that it ran to the east of the city, along the foot of the Laventille Hills. (During the rainy season the river still had a tendency to overflow its banks, flooding parts of the city; over the decades its channel would be widened and paved. During the dry season the water level drops to a trickle; hence its nickname, the East Dry River.) Port of Spain was now able to continue spreading northwards and westwards, encroaching on the surrounding sugar-cane plantations. 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
In 1797, Trinidad was invaded by a British force under General Sir Ralph Abercromby, which landed west of Port of Spain at what is still called Invaders Bay and marched towards the town. Realising his military resources were inadequate to defend the colony and wishing to avoid unnecessary destruction, Governor Chacon capitulated and was able to negotiate generous terms with Abercromby. Port of Spain remained the capital; the new British colonial government renamed most of the streets after British royalty or military figures, but allowed Chacon Street (which followed the old course of the St. Ann's River) to retain its name, in tribute to the former governor. 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7, 1734–March 28, 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. ...
In 1803 Port of Spain began growing southwards, with the reclamation of the foreshore mudflats, using fill from the Laventille Hills. This began with the area immediately east of the diverted St. Ann's River; the district is still called Sea Lots today. Gradually the landfill crept west and the area south of Plaza del Marina became solid land. Further major reclamation efforts took place in the 1840s, the 1870s, and in 1906. In 1935 the Deep Water Harbour Scheme dredged the offshore area along Port of Spain's western neighbourhoods, and the dredged material was used to fill in the area south of Woodbrook. Wrightson Road, linking downtown Port of Spain to its western suburbs, was constructed at the same time. These reclaimed lands were originally called Docksite, and were home to US forces during World War II; later a number of government buildings were constructed here. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Port of Spain continued to grow in size and importance during the 19th and early 20th centuries, peaking in size in the 1960s at about 100,000 people. Since then the population within the city limits has declined in size as the downtown area has become increasingly commercial and the suburbs in the valleys north, west, and north-east of the city have grown. Today Port of Spain is the western hub of a metropolitan area stretching from Carenage, five miles west of the city, to Arima, fifteen miles east; this East-West Corridor runs along the southern edge of Trinidad's Northern Range. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
The East-West Corridor is the peri-urban area of development in north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port-of-Spain, east to Arima. ...
From 1958 to 1962, Port of Spain was the temporary capital of the short-lived West Indies Federation, though there were plans to build a new federal capital at Chaguaramas, on land occupied by the US military base established during World War 2. Federation Park, a residential neighbourhood in western Port of Spain intended to house employees of the federal government, is a memorial to that time. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
National motto: Official language English Political status Overseas territory of the UK Capital Chaguaramas Largest cities Kingston and Port-of-Spain Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn Prime Minister Grantley Herbert Adams (West Indian Federation Labour Party) Creation January 3, 1958 (union of most of British...
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. ...
Federation Park is a desireable residential area located in the north west corner of the city of Port Of Spain. ...
Geography Port of Spain is located in the northwest of the island of Trinidad, between the Gulf of Paria, the hills of the Northern Range and the Caroni Swamp. Some of the city lies on reclaimed land, while other parts climb into the hills above the city. The Gulf of Paria (Golfo de Paria in Spanish) is a shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. ...
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. ...
The Caroni Swamp is the largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Climate Port of Spain has a seasonal tropical climate with a wet season lasting from June to December and a dry season lasting from January to May.
Urban structure
Downtown The oldest part of the city is the downtown area (colloquially referred to as "Town"), between South Quay (to the south), Oxford Street (to the north), the St. Ann's River (to the east), and Richmond Street (to the west).
The heart of downtown is Woodford Square (formerly Brunswick Square, renamed in the 19th century for British Governor Ralph Woodford). On its northern side are City Hall and the Hall of Justice, seat of the Supreme Court; on its western side is the Red House, seat of Parliament; the [[Anglican] Holy Trinity Cathedral is on its south side, and on the block south-west of the square is the National Library. A number of government offices are located in the immediate vicinity, and the blocks north and west of the Red House are home to many lawyers' chambers. The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Woodford Square itself is a green oasis in the heart of the city, with a late-Victorian fountain and bandstand, trees, benches, and lawns. It has famously been the site of many political rallies over the decades; former Prime Minister Eric Williams gave many public lectures here, dubbing it "the University of Woodford Square", and near the eastern gate is a spot which has become Port of Spain's speaker's corner. Dr. Eric Williams Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 – March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
For the Canadian television series, see Speakers Corner. ...
Two blocks south of Woodford Square is Independence Square (formerly Marine Square), which runs along the breadth of downtown Port of Spain from Wrightson Road to the west to the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the east. The section of the square immediately behind the cathedral is called Columbus Square. Before extensive land reclamation in the early 19th century, the city's shoreline ran through Independence Square.
In the early 1990s illegal vendors who had set up shop in the middle of the square were evicted and major repaving and landscaping was undertaken. The new pedestrian area in the middle of the square was named the Brian Lara Promenade in honour of Trinidad and Tobago's star cricket batsman. Where Independence Square is bisected by Frederick Street there is a roundabout with a statue of Captain A.A. Cipriani, the early 20th-century populist politician and mayor of the city. South of the square, Frederick Street widens and becomes Broadway, which terminates at the waterfront and the Port of Spain lighthouse, no longer used as a navigational aid but considered a major landmark. (For Trinidadians born and bred in Port of Spain or its northern and north-western suburbs, "past the lighthouse"--i.e. east of the lighthouse on the Beetham Highway--means outside the city proper.) Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) is a West Indian cricketer, acknowledged as one of the worlds greatest batsmen ever. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
The southern side of Independence Square is where the city's--and the south Caribbean's--tallest buildings are located: the twin towers of the Eric Williams Financial Complex (home of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance) and the new Nicholas Tower, a commercial office building.
Frederick Street, which runs north through the city to the Queen's Park Savannah, is Port of Spain's major avenue, connecting the two downtown squares with the uptown park, and very approximately dividing downtown into retail (east) and office (west) districts. One block east, lower Henry Street is the location of a number of shops selling cloth, mostly owned by members of Trinidad's Syrian-Lebanese community. Another block over, Charlotte Street at its lower end is Port of Spain's Chinatown in all but name, home to dozens of general emporia known for bargain shopping.
Laventille and Gonzales East of the St. Ann's River, more commonly known as the East Dry River, are the working-class neighbourhoods of Laventille and Gonzales; this area is sometimes referred to as "Behind the Bridge". It has a reputation for poverty and crime, but is also the birthplace of the steelpan and, some would argue, the spiritual capital of calypso. Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The BP Renegades Steel Orchestra Steelpan (also known as pan or steel drum, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad in the West Indies. ...
Calypso might refer to one of several things: Calypso is the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology; Calypso Dive & Adventure Centre is a PADI 5 Star Career Development and National Geographic Scuba Diving school in Johanesburg South Africa; Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music; Calypso...
Belmont In north-east Port of Spain, Belmont, at the foot of the Laventille Hills, was the city's first suburb. In the 1840s and 50s parts of the area were settled by Africans rescued by the Royal Navy from illegal slaving ships. In the 1880s and 90s the population swelled rapidly and the characteristic Belmont street pattern of narrow, winding lanes developed. Belmont remains a lower-middle-class residential neighbourhood, and was the birthplace and early home of many important Carnival designers and bandleaders. Laventille is a suburb of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
North of downtown North of downtown, the area occupied in the earlier 19th century by the Tranquillity sugar estate was formerly residential, but in recent decades has become essentially a district of office buildings, functioning as an extension of the downtown area. Oddly, this part of Port of Spain--between Oxford Street and the Queen's Park Savannah--has no name in common usage, though a century ago it was known as Tranquillity. West of here is Newtown, laid out in the 1840s, bounded by Tragarete Road (south), the Queen's Park Savannah (north), Cipriani Boulevard (east), and Maraval Road (west).
Woodbrook The large Woodbrook neighbourhood, west of downtown, formerly a sugar estate owned by the Siegert family, was sold to the Town Board in 1911 and developed into a residential neighbourhood, with many of the north-south streets named for the Siegert siblings. In the last twenty years the main east-west thoroughfares, Ariapita Avenue and Tragarete Road, have become almost entirely commercialised, and Ariapita Avenue west of Murray Street has become a relatively upscale dining and entertainment "strip". A few small parks are sprinkled through the neighbourhood; Adam Smith Square and Siegert Square are the two largest.
Just north of Woodbrook along Tragarete Road is the Queen's Park Oval, a major Test cricket ground, which is owned by the private Queen's Park Cricket Club (QPCC). At Woodbrook's western end, at the edge of Invaders Bay, is the Hasely Crawford Stadium, the national venue for football and track and field events. Queens Park Oval, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, (West Indies) is a cricket ground that will host a number of matches in the forthcoming 2007 cricket World Cup It is privately owned by the Queens Park Cricket Club, and is currently the largest ground in the Caribbean...
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ...
Hasely Joachim Crawford (born August 16, 1950) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. ...
St. Clair The upscale St. Clair neighbourhood in north-west Port of Spain, between the Queen's Park Savannah and the Maraval River, was developed in the 1880s and 90s and the 1900s on former agricultural land. It is the location of some of the city's grandest mansions. At its heart, just north of the Queen's Park Oval, is King George V Park. In recent decades St. Clair has become home to various diplomatic missions. Queens Park Oval, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, (West Indies) is a cricket ground that will host a number of matches in the forthcoming 2007 cricket World Cup It is privately owned by the Queens Park Cricket Club, and is currently the largest ground in the Caribbean...
The second HMS King George V was the name ship of her class of battleships. ...
Just north-west of St. Clair are two upscale residential neighbourhoods, Ellerslie Park and Federation Park.
St. James and Mucurapo Port of Spain's last major municipal expansion occured in 1938, when the St. James district north of Woodbrook and west of St. Clair was incorporated into the city limits. In the late 19th century, Indian indentured labourers on nearby sugar estates established houses here, and St. James gradually became the centre of Port of Spain's Indian population, with many streets named after cities and districts in India. Western Main Road, the area's major thoroughfare, has long been the city's main nightlife district, sometimes nicknamed "the city that never sleeps".
Long Circular Road, which curves north from Western Main Road then west to meet Maraval Road, forms part of the city boundary. Its "circle" encloses Flagstaff Hill, a small rise with the US ambassador's residence at its summit, which lends its name to an area of apartment buildings at its southern foot.
South of St. James and near the seashore at Invaders Bay is Mucurapo, a mostly residential district which also contains the city's second-largest cemetery.
Queen's Park Savannah Port of Spain's largest open space--and one of the world's largest traffic roundabouts--is the Queen's Park Savannah, known colloquially simply as the Savannah. Once sugar land, it was bought by the town council in 1817 from the Peschier family (except for a small parcel near its centre that served as the Peschier cemetery, which remains in private hands). At first it was used as a vast cattle pasture in what was then the town's suburbs, but by the middle of the 19th century it had become established as a park. Until the early 1990s horse-racing was held frequently at the Savannah race track, and it also contains several cricket, football and rugby pitches. Apart from a ring of trees round its perimeter, the Savannah was never really landscaped, except for the small area in its north-west corner called the Hollows, a former reservoir now drained and planted with flowering shrubs. Immediately north of the Savannah--also the northern limit of the city of Port of Spain--are the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Emperor Valley Zoo, the official residences of the president and the prime minister, and Queen's Hall, the city's major performing arts venue. Lady Chancellor Road, which ascends the hills overlooking the Savannah, is one of Port of Spain's most exclusive residential areas. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Argentina-France Rugby Union match Rugby football refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. ...
On the Savannah's southern side is the Grand Stand, formerly used for viewing horse races, now used for various cultural events, most notably Carnival, when a temporary North Stand and raised stage are constructed in front of the Grand Stand, creating the "Big Yard", Carnival's central location since the early 20th century (previously, the main viewing area for Carnival was in downtown Port of Spain). From this location the Parade of Bands is broadcast live to the nation on Carnival Monday and Tuesday; it is also the venue for the Calypso Monarch and Carnival King and Queen Competitions and the finals of the Panorama steelpan competition. Calypso might refer to one of several things: Calypso is the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology; Calypso Dive & Adventure Centre is a PADI 5 Star Career Development and National Geographic Scuba Diving school in Johanesburg South Africa; Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music; Calypso...
The BP Renegades Steel Orchestra Steelpan (also known as pan or steel drum, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad in the West Indies. ...
The western edge of the Savannah, along Maraval Road, is the location of the Magnificent Seven, a group of late Victorian buildings built in an eccentric and flamboyant variety of styles. These are Queen's Royal College; the residences of the Anglican bishop and the Roman Catholic archbishop; Whitehall, once a private residence, now the office of the prime minister; Mille Fleurs, the future home of the Law Association; Roomor, an ornate black-and-white chateau-like building that remains a private residence; and Stollmeyer's Castle, a turreted house supposedly modelled on Balmoral Castle which is now being converted into subsidiary offices for the prime minister's staff. Queens Royal College Queens Royal College is one of the oldest secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle, painted by Queen Victoria in 1854 during its construction Balmoral Castle is currently a large mansion situated deep within the Scottish Highlands. ...
Suburbs Immediately north and north-west of Port of Spain, the suburbs of Cascade, St. Ann's, Maraval, and Diego Martin fall outside the municipal boundary, but are sometimes considered extensions of the city. Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just west of the capital Port-of-Spain and east of Chaguaramas. ...
Governance Port of Spain is administered by the Port of Spain City Corporation. There are 12 councillors and 4 aldermen. The mayor is elected from the membership of the council.
The electoral districts are:
- St. James East
- St. James West
- Woodbrook
- Northern Port of Spain
- Belmont East
- Belmont North & West
- Southern Port of Spain
- East Dry River
- St. Ann's River South
- St. Ann's River Central
- St. Ann's River North
- Belmont South
Economy Port of Spain serves as a shopping and business centre for much of the country. It is also a major financial centre - two of the largest banks in the Caribbean, Republic Bank, Trinidad and Tobago Limited and RBTT (formerly the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago) are headquartered here. The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY) is Canadas largest chartered bank. ...
The Port of Port of Spain is the major port of containerised shipping. Most government offices are also located in the city.
Demographics The population of Port of Spain was 54,100 in 1901, 92,793 in 1946 (following the annexation of St, James in 1938), 93,954 in 1960, 73,950 in 1970, 59,200 in 1988 and 49,031 in 2000. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Culture and entertainment While the major shopping area around Frederick Street has declined in competition with malls and the growth of outlying towns, 'uptown' Port of Spain (St. Clair and Woodbrook) have seen a boom as large corporations build high-rise headquarters in formerly upscale neighbourhoods.
 Frederick St. and Marine Square 1890s Download high resolution version (893x640, 388 KB)image published in 1897 - no copyright File links The following pages link to this file: Port-of-Spain ...
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Sports Port of Spain hosts major sporting venues including: It will be among the host cities of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Queens Park Oval, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, (West Indies) is a cricket ground that will host a number of matches in the forthcoming 2007 cricket World Cup It is privately owned by the Queens Park Cricket Club, and is currently the largest ground in the Caribbean...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ...
The Hasely Crawford Stadium, located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for Hasely Crawford, the first person from Trinidad and Tobago to win an Olympic gold medal. ...
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Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ...
Netball is a team sport similar to and derived from basketball. ...
Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called rounds. In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid...
The 2007 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by the West Indies, March - April, 2007. ...
Infrastructure
Health Like the rest of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain is served by a crumbling public health service. The major public hospital is the Port of Spain General Hospital. Demand for higher quality health service has led to a proliferation of private hospitals.
Transport Transportation in an out of Port of Spain is plagued by heavy traffic delays at rush hour. Traffic enters the city from the east along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway which ends at Barataria, just east of the city and becomes the Beetham Highway. Alternately, traffic can turn north at Barataria and enter the city to the north over the Lady Young Road. The Eastern Main Road runs parallel to the highway and enters the city at the eastern end of Independence Square. The Priority Bus Route (which runs along the former Trinidad Government Railway line) enters the city at City Gate. Traffic from the west enters the city through the Western Main Road and the Audrey Jeffers Highway. The Churchill-Roosevelt Highway is the major east-west highway in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The Beetham Highway is a major highway in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
The Amsterdamse Poort, the only remaining city gate of Haarlem, the Netherlands, was built in 1355. ...
City Gate serves as a transportation hub for public buses and private mini-buses (locally known as maxi-taxis). City Gate is located on South Quay just south of Independence Square.
A ferry service links Port of Spain with Scarborough, Tobago. The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
Scarborough, Tobago is the largest town on Tobago, one of the two islands of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and contains more than half of the population of the island. ...
Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Port of Spain, like the rest of the island of Trinidad, is served by the Piarco International Airport located in Piarco. Piarco International Airport is the main airport in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Piarco, a town in northern Trinidad is the site of Piarco International Airport (IATA Airport Code: POS). ...
Utilites Electric generation is handled by Powergen, while electrical distribution is handled by T&TEC, the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission. Powergen has one natural gas fired generation plant located on Wrightson Road in Port of Spain. Additional power can be supplied from power generation facilites located in Point Lisas and Penal. Natural gas (commonly referred to as gas in many countries, but note that gas is also an American and Canadian shortening of gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ...
Point Lisas is the site of the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and the Port of Point Lisas, both of which are managed by Plipdeco (the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Company). ...
Penal (originally Peñal) is a town in southern Trinidad. ...
Fixed-line telephone service is a monopoly controlled by TSTT. Wireless telephony is currently controlled by TSTT, but licenses have been granted for two private companies, Digicel and Laqtel to offer wireless service in competition with TSTT. TSTT - Telecommunication Services Of Trinidad & Tobago TSTT Is Currently The Largest Telephone & Internet Provider In Trinidad & Tobago Homepage: http://tstt. ...
Digicel is the leading mobile phone network provider in the Caribbean region. ...
Laqtel, Ltd. ...
Water and sewerage are under the purview of WASA, the Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. Most solid waste is disposed of in the Beetham Landfill, commonly known as La Basse.
Sister cities Port of Spain is a sister city with some of the following cities: This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...
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