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Couva is a town in west-central Trinidad, [3] south of Port of Spain and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and Point Fortin. It is the capital and main urban centre of Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo , and the Greater Couva area includes the Point Lisas industrial estate and the port of Point Lisas.
Name Location (Region/municipality) Caigual: Sangre Grande region: Calcutta Settlement: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo: Calder Hall: Tobago: California: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
The major towns of County Caroni are Chaguanas and Couva. The port and industrial zone of Point Lisas is located in Caroni, and the region is also a site for agriculture. Caroni County, which takes its name from the Caroni River , stretches from the hills of the Central Range into the lowlands of the Caroni Plains and the Caroni Swamp .
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 ...
In 2012, the government of Trinidad and Tobago approved the introduction of postal codes starting later that same year. In addition to the postal code implementation the country has embarked on a nationwide address improvement initiative adopting the Universal Postal Union (UPU) S-42 international standard of addressing.
Point Lisas is located in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago and on the Gulf of Paria coastline. Point Lisas from above. The Point Lisas Industrial Estate is home to a majority of the heavy industry in Trinidad and Tobago particularly in the downstream energy sector.
Caroni was divided into the regions of Couva, Tabaquite–Talparo, Tunapuna, Piarco and the borough of Chaguanas. In 1992, Couva and Tabaquite–Talparo merged to form Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo and Tunapuna and Piarco merged to form Tunapuna–Piarco. Counties and Wards still play a role in revenue collection by the government.
Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is the third-largest of Trinidad and Tobago's nine regions, with an area of 723 square kilometres (300 sq mi). As of 2011, the population was 178,410. The region is the second-most populous and fourth-least-densely populated region in Trinidad with 247 inhabitants per square kilometre (640/sq mi).