The counties of Trinidad and Tobago are historic administrative divisions of

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was divided into eight

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, and these counties were subdivided into wards.

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was administered as a ward of Saint David County. The counties are: * Caroni * Mayaro * Nariva * Saint Andrew * Saint David *

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* Saint Patrick *

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Prior to reform of the system in the early 1990s these counties functioned as the administrative bodies for local government with the following modifications: *Saint George was divided into Saint George East, Saint George West, the City of Port of Spain and the Royal Chartered Borough of

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. *The Borough (City after 1988) of San Fernando was separated from County Victoria. *After 1980 the Republic Borough of Point Fortin was separated from County Saint Patrick. *Saint Andrew and Saint David were combined under a single county council. *Nariva and Mayaro were combined under a single county council. *Since its establishment in 1980, the

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has gradually assumed many of the roles of the central government, in addition to those of local government. *Caroni was divided into the regions of Couva, Tabaquite–Talparo, Tunapuna, Piarco and the borough of

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. In 1992, Couva and Tabaquite–Talparo merged to form

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and Tunapuna and Piarco merged to form

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. Counties and Wards still play a role in revenue collection by the government.

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* {{Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago Subdivisions of Trinidad and Tobago Former counties

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