Trinidad and Tobago Regions

Trinidad and Tobago is two islands at the southern end of the Caribbean, with Trinidad hugging the coast of Venezuela across a few kilometres of water and smaller Tobago lying to its northeast. Its first tier is not provinces or states: Trinidad is divided into municipal corporations, five of them cities and boroughs and the rest regional corporations, and Tobago is governed as one division of its own. Together they cover both islands without a gap.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: The north west, the centre, the east, the south and Tobago
In the game: 15 regions

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What you are looking at

The municipal corporations of Trinidad and the island of Tobago, as they stand today. Port of Spain, San Fernando and Chaguanas are cities, Arima and Point Fortin are boroughs, and the rest are regional corporations that fill the space between them. The cities and boroughs are small, and several sit on the coast beside much larger regional corporations, so they are the answers to look for first. Where a corporation has two names joined by a hyphen, such as Mayaro-Rio Claro, the game writes it with a hyphen throughout.

The groups are not an official classification. The country publishes no grouping of its corporations above the corporation itself, so these are the five parts it is usually described in: the north west around Port of Spain, the centre, the east coast, the south, and Tobago. They are a way to learn the map a piece at a time.

How to place one

Start with the capital. Port of Spain is the small division on the northwest coast of Trinidad, with Diego Martin to its west and San Juan-Laventille to its east.
Follow the east-west corridor. Arima and Tunapuna-Piarco run inland along the northern foothills, and Sangre Grande takes the northeast.
Cross the centre. Chaguanas and Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo fill the middle of the island, with Princes Town below them.
Finish in the south. San Fernando, Penal-Debe and Siparia line the south and southwest, and Point Fortin sits on the southwest coast.

Every region, by group

North West5 regions: Arima, Diego Martin, Port of Spain, San Juan-Laventille, Tunapuna-Piarco
Central3 regions: Chaguanas, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Princes Town
East2 regions: Mayaro-Rio Claro, Sangre Grande
South4 regions: Penal-Debe, Point Fortin, San Fernando, Siparia
Tobago1 region: Tobago

Worked examples

Port of Spain

The capital

Port of Spain is one of the smallest divisions, a city on the northwest coast with the Gulf of Paria in front of it.

Tobago

The other island

Tobago is a single division across the water to the northeast, and the only answer that is not on Trinidad.

Sangre Grande

The largest

Sangre Grande takes the whole northeast corner of Trinidad, from the Northern Range across to the Atlantic coast.

Frequently asked questions

How many regions does Trinidad and Tobago have?

Fifteen at the first tier: fourteen municipal corporations on Trinidad, and Tobago, which is governed as one division.

What is the difference between a city, a borough and a regional corporation?

Port of Spain, San Fernando and Chaguanas are cities, Arima and Point Fortin are boroughs, and the nine others are regional corporations. They all sit at the same level in this game.