The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
stretching from the capital,
Port of Spain
Port of Spain ( Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a muni ...
, east to
Arima
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 term was coined by economist and political philosopher
Lloyd Best
Lloyd Algernon Best, OCC (27 February 1934 – 19 March 2007) was a Trinidadian intellectual, columnist, professor, and economist.
Biography
Lloyd Best first attended the Tacarigua Anglican School. He then won a Government Exhibition Scholarshi ...
, after gleaning the works of a technocrat named Lynette Attwell. The Corridor includes such towns as
Laventille
Laventille is a ward of Trinidad and Tobago.
Etymology
The name ''Laventille'' hearkens back to colonial times, especially when the French dominated the cultural traditions of the island. One etymological derivation of the name is because the no ...
,
Morvant,
Barataria,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
,
St. Joseph,
Curepe,
St. Augustine
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afr ...
,
Tunapuna,
Tacarigua,
Arouca, and Five Rivers, once distinct communities, now districts within a continuous urban area. For the most part it runs along the
Eastern Main Road, between the
Churchill–Roosevelt Highway and the foothills of the
Northern Range. It is a densely populated and fairly congested strip of development along some of the best agricultural soils in the country.
Gallery
Image:EastWestTrinidad.JPG, Looking west over the corridor.
File:TnT Tunapuna + El Dorado + Tacarigua.jpg, From front to back: Tunapuna, El Dorado, Tacarigua.
References
Metropolitan areas of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad (island)
Roads in Trinidad and Tobago
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