This article is about the historic county of Caroni, not to be confused with the village within this historic county called Caroni Village. For other uses, see Caroni.
Map showing old counties of Trinidad
Caroni County was a historic county of Trinidad and Tobago. It occupies 557 km2 (215 sq mi) in the west central part of the island of Trinidad, the larger island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south and southwest of Saint George County, west of Nariva County and north of Victoria County. To the west it is bounded by the Gulf of Paria. County Caroni includes the towns of Chaguanas, the largest town (by population) in the country and Couva, the capital of the Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo region. Administratively it is divided between the Borough of Chaguanas, the Region of Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo and the Region of Tunapuna–Piarco. The county was divided into four Wards: Chaguanas, Couva, Cunupia and Montserrat. 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. It is heavily associated with sugar cane and the "sugar belt", but it actually accounts for no more than one third of the sugar belt. The now-defunct state-owned sugar company, Caroni (1975) Ltd, took its name from the county.
Caroni is often used symbolically to represent the Indo-Trinidadian heartland and the power base of the United National Congress.
There are two waterfalls located in the Central Range in Caroni County, Brasso Venado Falls in Brasso Venado and Carmelita Falls in Gran Couva. These are the only two waterfalls in Central Trinidad.
Prior to 1990 local government was administered by the Caroni County Council.
After 1990 areas formerly administered by the Caroni County Council were 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.
CaroniCounty was a historic county of Trinidad and Tobago. It occupies 557 km2 (215 sq mi) in the west central part of the island of Trinidad, the larger...
and Tobago Caroni Swamp, a major wetland on the west coast of the island of Trinidad Caroni Plain, plain in central Trinidad CaroniCounty, Trinidad and...
Chaguanas became a borough in 1990; prior to that, it was part of CaroniCounty. The current mayor is Faaiq Mohammed, and the Borough Council has historically...
west, CaroniCounty to the south and Saint David County and Saint Andrew County to the east. It occupies an area of 912 km2 (352 sq mi). The county includes...
region of Trinidad and Tobago. The village is bordered by the Caroni River to the north, Caroni Village to the northwest, Frederick Settlement to the west...
a cadastral unit in South Australia Kollu, Dashkasan Kelly Village, CaroniCounty, Tunapuna-Piarco Kelly, Devon Kelly Bray, Cornwall Kelly, Kansas Kelly...
Bay, which are located on the Gulf of Paria. Couva was part of the CaroniCounty. Couva is considered a major power base for the United National Congress...
family is known as Anand Bhavan ("The Lion House") and is in Chaguanas, CaroniCounty, Trinidad and Tobago. No-one today knows how the name Kapil transformed...
Hindu Indo-Trinidadian family who lived on Sagan Street in Caroni Village in the county of Caroni in central Trinidad in the British colony of Trinidad and...
Bliss; aka Lion House) on the Main Road in the city of Chaguanas in CaroniCounty in the then British-ruled Trinidad and Tobago. His father was Pundit...
teenage boy living in the rural Indian countryside of Chaguanas in CaroniCounty in central Trinidad with his parents and sister during the British colonial...
Caroni East Indian Association Youth Arm Personal details Born Satnarayan Maharaj (1931-04-17)April 17, 1931 Chandernagore Village, Chaguanas, Caroni...
Victoria County Gandhi Village Road San Fernando San Fernando, Victoria County Gandhi Street Saint Helena Tunapuna–Piarco, CaroniCounty Gandhi Street...
sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis. It was originally described from CaroniCounty, Trinidad. A. A. Girault (1916). "New miscellaneous chalcidoid Hymenoptera...
Literature. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul August 17, 1932 Chaguanas, CaroniCounty, Trinidad and Tobago August 11, 2018 London, England 1972, 1973 Awarded...
counties, and these counties were subdivided into wards. Tobago was administered as a ward of Saint David County. The counties are: Caroni Mayaro Nariva Saint...
other three taking place on 11 February (Saint Patrick County and Tobago) and 3 March (CaroniCounty). The Legislative Council had 12 official members (civil...
elected to the Legislative Council,: 73 Teelucksingh represented the county of Caroni from 1925 until 1946 and was active in the leadership of the Trinidad...
Affiliation Votes Notes CaroniCounty Sarran Teelucksingh Independent Labour 574 Re-elected Clarence Abidh Unionist Party 468 Eastern Counties Edward Vernon Wharton...
Shiv Mandir, Kiloi, Haryana, India Temple in the Sea, Carapichaima, CaroniCounty, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago This disambiguation page...
Succeeded by Satnarayan Maharaj Personal details Born 1914 Chaguanas, CaroniCounty, Trinidad and Tobago Died 1990 Political party United Democratic Labour...
Constituency Candidate Votes Notes CaroniCounty Sarran Teelucksingh 491 Elected E.A. Robinson 235 Eastern Counties Charles Henry Pierre – Elected unopposed...
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