Carenage is a town in the Republic of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. It is located in northwestern

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 ...

, and is administered by the

Diego Martin Regional Corporation Diego Martin is a Region of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 127.53 km². Urban areas within the region include Carenage, Diego Martin, Maraval and parts of Saint James. The local government body is the Diego Martin Regio ...

. Located close to Chaguaramas, it is more of a residential area than a commercial or industrial locale. The name is derived from the practice of

careening Careening (also known as "heaving down") is a method of gaining access to the hull of a sailing vessel without the use of a dry dock. It is used for cleaning or repairing the hull. Before ship's hulls were protected from marine growth by fasteni ...

(i.e., beaching, "carénage" in French) sailing vessels for maintenance, which had been done in the area for many years.

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from Nalis, the National Library and Information Service of Trinidad and Tobago. Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago {{trinidad-geo-stub