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Arima
Borough of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago · North America
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Arima sits on the route: 10 minutes from Arouca.
Arima is in Borough of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, with about 35,000 people. The nearest town is Arouca, about 6 km away.
Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of the Northern Range. To the south is the Caroni–Arena Dam. Coterminous with theRead more
Town of Arima since 1888, the borough of Arima is the fourth-largest municipality in population in the country (after Port of Spain, Chaguanas and San Fernando). The census estimated it had 33,606 residents in 2011.
In 1887, the town petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal status as part of the celebration for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. This was granted in the following year, and Arima became a Royal Borough on 1 August 1888. Historically the third-largest town of Trinidad and Tobago, Arima is fourth since Chaguanas became the largest town in the country.
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Arima is in Borough of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, about 6 km from Arouca.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 35,000
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Region
- Borough of Arima
- Timezone
- America/Port_of_Spain
- Coordinates
- 10.6374, -61.2823
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