Saint George is a county in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

. It occupies the northwestern portion of the island of Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

 and is bounded by the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

 to the north, the Gulf of Paria

Gulf of Paria

The Gulf of Paria is a shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. This sheltered body of water is considered to be one of the best natural harbours on the Atlantic coast of the Americas...

 to the west, Caroni County to the south and Saint David County and Saint Andrew County to the east. It occupies an area of 912 km² (352.1 sq mi). The county includes the Bocas Islands and the towns of Port of Spain

Port of Spain

Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

 and Arima

Arima

The Royal Borough of Arima is the fourth largest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located east of the capital, Port of Spain, Arima supports the only organised indigenous community in the country, the Santa Rosa Carib Community and is the seat of the Carib Queen...

. It also includes the small town of Blanchisseuse

Blanchisseuse

Blanchisseuse is a village in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located about midway along the north coast of Trinidad on the northern slope of the Northern Range, about 24 km north of Arima....

 and its attractive beach, backed by a forest-fringed lagoon. County Saint George is divided into six Wards - Diego Martin

Diego Martin

Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just north-west of the capital Port of Spain and east of Carenage. The Diego Martin Valley in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small villages but is now a densely populated area. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego...

, Saint Ann's, Blanchisseuse

Blanchisseuse

Blanchisseuse is a village in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located about midway along the north coast of Trinidad on the northern slope of the Northern Range, about 24 km north of Arima....

, Tacarigua

Tacarigua

Tacarigua is a town in the East-West Corridor of Trinidad and Tobago, located east of Tunapuna and north of Trincity. It is on the banks of the Tacarigua River....

, Arima

Arima

The Royal Borough of Arima is the fourth largest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located east of the capital, Port of Spain, Arima supports the only organised indigenous community in the country, the Santa Rosa Carib Community and is the seat of the Carib Queen...

 and San Raphael.

Prior to 1990 local government was administered by the Saint George East County Council, Saint George West County Council, the Port of Spain City Corporation and the Arima Borough Corporation. After 1990, areas formerly administered by the Saint George East and West County Councils were divided between the Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo

Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation

Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 719.64 km². Urban areas within Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation include Claxton Bay, Couva, Point Lisas, St...

, the Diego Martin

Diego Martin Regional Corporation

Diego Martin Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 127.53 km² and is headquartered in Petit Valley. Other urban areas within Diego Martin Regional Corporation include Carenage, Diego Martin, Maraval and Westmoorings.-Elected Areas:* Alyce...

, San Juan-Laventille

San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation

San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation is a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. It has a land area of 220.39 km². The San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation is headquartered in Aranguez. Other urban areas include Barataria, Laventille, Morvant, St. Joseph and San Juan. It is the...

 and Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation

Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation

Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation is a local government body in Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of nine Regional Corporations in Trinidad which replaced the system of Counties as local government bodies in 1992. It is the largest by population of all the Regional Corporations. It contains the...

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