Tunapuna
Tunapuna in Trinidad
Tunapuna is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It is the capital of the Tunapuna - Piarco region.
Location
Tunapuna is located in the northern part of the island of Trinidad, in the so-called East -West Corridor, the south east of the Northern Range runs from the west metropolitan area of the capital city Port of Spain. Since Port of Spain is bounded on the north by the Northen Range and on the south by the Caroni Swamp, the city expanded over time to the east. The thus created East -West Corridor is so densely populated that formerly independent towns flow into one another go today and have more of the character of neighborhoods of the capital agglomeration. Formally, however, they are still independent. Tunapuna is starting counterclockwise and in the west, over in St. Augustine, Curepe, Macoya, Trincity and El Dorado.
History
The name " Tunapuna " is Indian in origin and means " the river ". During the British colonial period, large parts of today's urban area plantations owned by the families Auzonville and Bootsman. After the decay of the cocoa and coffee boom the country has been sold gradually as a settled area; a part of the settlement administration was donated and now forms the 12 -acre park Auzonville. 1898 Tunapuna received city rights. 1907 Corps of the Salvation Army was founded. In 1912 the Benedictine monk Don Mayeul de Caigny near Tunapuna, Mount St. Benedict Monastery, the oldest monastery in the Caribbean. 1947, the church of the monastery was dedicated to the abbey.
Economy
Tunapuna consists mostly of residential areas. Industry along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, the major east -west route of Trinidad, located. There are companies in the food and light industry to meet local demand and the supply of the neighboring islands. One of the major employer Caribbean Bottlers Ltd.. , Bottlers of Coca -Cola in Trinidad and Tobago. The service sector is dominated by financial services providers such as banks, insurance companies and many wholesale and retail businesses. Tunapuna has a significant market and is a commercial center for the surrounding area.
Facilities
In the southwest Tunapuna adjacent to the campus of trinidianischen branch of the University of the West Indies, among other things, the world's first Research Centre for Tropical Agriculture hosts. As of 2002 had 15 steel bands based in Tunapuna.
Famous people
- Winifred Atwell (1914-1983, pianist )
- C. L. R. James (1901-1989, writer )
- Tyrell Johnson (1917-1985, cricketers )
- This Lewis ( * 1976, Football Player )
- Lakshmi Persaud ( born 1939, writer )