Penal–Debe
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Penal–Debe PDRC | |
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Penal–Debe Regional Corporation | |
Motto: Foward in Unity | |
Coordinates: 10°10′08″N 61°25′52″W / 10.169°N 61.431°W | |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Founded | 13 September 1990[1] |
Capital | Penal |
Government | |
• Body | Penal–Debe Regional Corporation |
• Chairman | Gowtam Maharaj |
Area | |
• Total | 246.91 km2 (95.33 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 89,392 |
• Density | 363/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Website | pdrctt |
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 Penal, where the corporation is headquartered, and Debe. The region is noted as a heartland of Indo-Trinidadian culture with Indians making up the vast majority of the region at 71% and the largest religion in the region being Hinduism at 43%.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Act No. 21 of 1990". DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY. Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ https://pdrctt.org/nature-of-the-pdrc/
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