Gasparillo (other)
Gasparillo may refer to: * Gasparillo, Island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago; a town * Gasparillo Island, Trinidad and Tobago; an island * Gasparillo station, a train station on the Trinidad Government Railway * Gasparillo, another name for the flowering plant Esenbeckia (plant) See also * ''Gasparillo / Bonne Aventure'', a Trinidadian electoral district in Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo * * Gasparilla (other) * Gaspar (other) Gaspar is a human name. Gaspar may also refer to: * Gaspar, Santa Catarina, a town in Brazil * Gaspar, Cuba * Gașpar, Moldova * Gaspar, Gaspra Gaspra ( uk, Гаспра, officially transliterated Haspra; russian: Гаспра; crh, Gaspra ... {{dab Disambiguation pages ...
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Gasparillo
Gasparillo is a settlement in southern Trinidad. It lies east of Pointe-à-Pierre and northeast of San Fernando. The population is 16,426. The name Gasparillo is applied not only to Gasparillo area, but also the surrounding communities including Bonne Aventure, Reform and Whiteland. Trinidadians do not use Spanish sounds when saying Gasparillo. Correct local pronunciation is "gas-PARR-ri-low." Gasparillo is administrated by Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Regional Corporation and Princes Town Regional Corporation. Gasparillo owes much of its size to its proximity to the Petrotrin oil refinery at Pointe-à-Pierre. It also provides the only publicly accessible route from the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway to the town of Marabella Marabella is a former town in southern Trinidad, between San Fernando (to the south) and Pointe-à-Pierre (to the north). Early 19th-century maps highlighted it as Marabella Junction because of the railway intersection to Williamsville and othe ... and the ...
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Gasparillo Island
Gasparillo is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the Bocas Islands (also referred to as Dragons' Teeth), which lie in the ''Bocas del Dragón'' (Spanish for ''Dragon's Mouths'') between the main island of Trinidad and Venezuela. The island is currently uninhabited. Characteristics Gasparillo is actually made up of two islands separated by several metres of rocks. However the second island is very small and is not independently named. The main island a little over 200 metres in length but is very narrow, less than 50 metres at its widest point, approximately 8,000 m2 in area. It is, as with most islands around the Paria Peninsular, covered with dry forest vegetation, and composed of a limestone bedrock with caves. Several species of birds nest at the island, including the short-tailed swift that nest on the eastern side of the island. History The Gasparillo name has been derived because of its small size relative to the much larger Gaspar Grande ...
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Trinidad Government Railway
The Trinidad Government Railway existed between 1876 and 28 December 1968. Originally built to connect Port of Spain with Arima, the railway was extended to Couva in 1880, San Fernando in 1882, Cunapo (now Sangre Grande) in 1897, Tabaquite in 1898, Siparia in 1913 and Rio Claro in 1914. Background The first attempt to establish a railway was a private affair in 1846 by the Trinidad Railway Company. Trinidad Railway Company's very first steam locomotive was the "Forerunner" which was built by Hunslet of Leeds and arrived in 1864. Railways construction began in the 1870s. The Arima line was completed in 1876, followed by the San Fernando line in 1882. The railway to Princes Town was completed in 1884. These were followed by railway lines to Sangre Grande in 1897 and Cunupia-Tabaquite in 1898. Overview At this, its greatest extent, the railway covered . After the end of World War I, the appearance of the automobile led to changes that culminated with the phased closure of th ...
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Esenbeckia (plant)
''Esenbeckia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. All species in the genus are native to the Americas, with the highest diversity in South America. They are commonly known as jopoy, the Mayan word for '' E. berlandieri'', or gasparillo (Spanish). Taxonomy The generic name commemorates German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776 - 1858). The Takhtajan system placed the genus in the subfamily Rutoideae, while Germplasm Resources Information Network placed it in the subfamily Toddalioideae. A 2021 classification of the family Rutaceae places it in subfamily Zanthoxyloideae, a placement accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Selected species * '' Esenbeckia alata'' (H.Karst. & Triana) Triana & Planch. — Winged Esenbeckia, Coya, Cuala-cuala (Colombia) * '' Esenbeckia berlandieri'' Baill. ex Hemsl. — Berlandier Esenbeckia, Hueso de Tigre, Limonillo (Mexico, Central America) * '' Esenbeckia flava'' Brandegee &mdash ...
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Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is one of the nine regions of Trinidad and Tobago, and one of the five regions which form the Gulf of Paria coastline on Trinidad's West Coast. Its regional capital and commercial center is Couva. Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is the third-largest of Trinidad and Tobago's nine regions, with an area of . As of 2011, the population was 178,410. The region is the second-most populous and fourth-least-densely populated region in Trinidad with . Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is bordered by the Gulf of Paria to the west, the Borough of Chaguanas to the north-west, Tunapuna–Piarco region to the north, Sangre Grande and Rio Claro–Mayaro to the east, Princes Town to the south and the City of San Fernando to the south-west. The region is directly adjacent to the Venezuelan state of Monagas to west separated by the Gulf of Paria. Geography Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is Trinidad and Tobago's third largest region in area after Sangre Grande and Rio Claro–Maya ...
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Gasparilla (other)
Gasparilla may refer to: *Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a large parade and related events held annually in Tampa, Florida *José Gaspar, also known as Gasparilla, a Spanish pirate from Florida folklore for whom the festival is named *Gasparilla Bowl, a college football post-season game played in Tampa, Florida *Gasparilla Island, an island near the mouth of Charlotte Harbor in southwest Florida See also *Gasparillo (other) *Gaspar (other) Gaspar is a human name. Gaspar may also refer to: * Gaspar, Santa Catarina, a town in Brazil * Gaspar, Cuba * Gașpar, Moldova * Gaspar, Gaspra Gaspra ( uk, Гаспра, officially transliterated Haspra; russian: Гаспра; crh, Gaspra ...

Gaspar (other)
Gaspar is a human name. Gaspar may also refer to: * Gaspar, Santa Catarina, a town in Brazil * Gaspar, Cuba * Gașpar, Moldova * Gaspar, Gaspra or Gasparalı, Autonomous Republic of Crimea * Gaspar Strait, a waterway in Indonesia See also * * Gasper (other) * Caspar (other) Caspar is a masculine given name. Caspar may also refer to: * Caspar, California, a census-designated place * Fort Caspar, Wyoming, a former US Army military post on the National Register of Historic Places * CASPAR digital preservation project ...