Penal is a town in south

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. It lies south of

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Princes Town Princes Town is a town within the Princes Town Regional Corporation, located on southern Trinidad island in Trinidad and Tobago. The population of the town is 28,335. History Founded as the Amerindian '' Mission of Savana Grande'', the town ...

, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia. It was originally a

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- and

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-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 (

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, 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

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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

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– Seventh Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago *

Drupatee Ramgoonai Drupatee Ramgoonai (; born 2 March 1958) is an Trinidadian and Tobagonian chutney and chutney soca musician. She was responsible for coining the term "chutney soca" in 1987 with her first album, entitled ''Chutney Soca'', which included both English ...

–

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and

Chutney Soca In Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname, chutney soca music is a crossover style of music incorporating soca and calypso elements and English, Hindustani, and Hinglish lyrics, chutney music, with Western instruments such as the guitar, pi ...

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