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. It was originally a
rice- and
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
-producing area but is now a rapidly expanding and developing town. The population is 12,281.
The heart of Penal contains many businesses while the outskirts focus on agricultural development. Penal has a market, police station, branches of three banks (
Scotiabank
The Bank of Nova Scotia (french: link=no, Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (french: link=no, Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada ...
,
Republic Bank and
First Citizens Bank) health facilities, grocery stores, convenience stores, bars,
fast food restaurants, service stations,
restaurants, puja stores, an Indian expo, and clothing stores.
Penal plays a major role in the energy supply to the nation's populace.
Petrotrin, the national oil company, has a major sub-unit in Clarke Road and the National Gas Company has gas lines running through Penal that links the gas fields of the South East Coast and the industrial estates. One of the countries three major power generating plants owned by Powergen Ltd is located at Syne Village to the west of Penal.
Abdool Village, Aquart Village, Backar Yard, Bakhen, Batchyia Village, Charlo Village, La Costena Gardens, Mendez Village, Digity Village, Penal Rock-Bunsee Tr. Village, Penal Quinam Road Village, Sou Sou Lands, San Francique and Syne Village
are located in Penal.
Penal's local government is administered by the
Penal–Debe Regional Corporation. Penal is a part of the Siparia and Oropouche West constituency.
The
Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team have played matches holding
first-class and
List A status at the
Wilson Road Recreation Ground
Wilson Road Recreation Ground is a cricket ground located along Wilson Road in Penal, Trinidad and Tobago.
History
The ground hosted its inaugural first-class match when Trinidad and Tobago played the touring India A cricket team in November ...
.
Notable residents
*
Kamla Persad-Bissessar – Seventh Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
*
Drupatee Ramgoonai –
Chutney and
Chutney Soca singer
*
David Williams – cricketer
References
External links
Virtual Museum of Trinidad and Tobago's Photos* {{cite web , url=http://www.powergen.co.tt/Power/HistoryofOurPowerStations/Penal.aspx , publisher=PowerGen , title=History of Our Power Stations: Penal
Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago