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Chaguanas

Caribbean

The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality and fastest growing town in Trinidad and Tobago, located in west central Trinidad south of Port of Spain. Named after the indigenous people who originally settled there, it grew rapidly from the 1980s onward as a center of bargain shopping and moderately priced housing.

Facts
Population
83,489 1
Founding Year
1797 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
0 1
Latitude
10.514444 degrees north 1
Longitude
61.4075 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 2
Sources
1. Chaguanas (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1797-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 83,489 (2011)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 10.514444, longitude -61.4075
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 0 m
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 83489 (2011)
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2. GeoNames: Chaguanas - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3574810
    10.51667 -61.41667 P PPLA TT CHA 67433 18 America/Port_of_Spain
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 18 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -61.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -61.25
10.75 -61.25 Am
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Chaguanas (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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