Barrackpore is a town in southern
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
. It is located southeast of
San Fernando, east of
Debe
Debe (or Débé) is a town in south Trinidad located in the region of Penal–Debe. Debe has grown from a small settlement into a key transit point which as has merged to some extent with Penal. A denomination high school was established by the ...
, and northeast of
Penal
Penal is a town in south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando, Princes Town, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia. Penal is noted as a heartland of Hindu and Indo-Trinidadian culture.
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, and is under the administrative authority of the
Penal–Debe Regional Corporation
Penal–Debe region is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Penal–Debe Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 246.91 km². Urban areas within Penal–Debe include ...
.
It is home to the 7 Pot Barrackpore Pepper.
Sundar Popo
Sundar Popo HBM, born Sundarlal Popo Bahora (; 4 November 1943 – 2 May 2000) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician. He is credited as being the father of Chutney music, beginning with his 1969 hit ''Nana and Nani''.
Early life
Popo w ...
was a resident of Monkey Town, which is in the northwestern part of Barrackpore. Other popular cricket personalities include
Rajindra Dhanraj,
Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga (born 14 January 1979) is a former Trinidadian cricketer. He was a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm off spinner. He was named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year', Ganga captaine ...
,
Jason Mohammed, and
Samuel Badree
Samuel Badree (born 8 March 1981) is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-arm leg-spin bowler.
Badree made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, b ...
. In the small village, a well-known Digity Mud Volcano can be found. One of the renown landmarks is the Subrattee trace masjid, it is also home to the seven old sugar cane weighing stations, and is well known as the home of sugar cane and rice and the locomotive, since the early 1950s.
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Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago
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