Chaguaramas Municipality
Chaguaramas can refer to: * Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago * Chaguaramas, Venezuela Chaguaramas is a town in northern Venezuela, in the state of Guárico. It is the shire town of the Chaguaramas Municipality. Transport In 2006, it was proposed to build a new railway line to this station. See also * Railway stations in ... {{geodis ...
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Chaguaramas, Trinidad And Tobago
Chaguaramas (pronounced, in the local English dialect, "shag-gah-rah-muss") lies in the Northwest Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port of Spain; the name is often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to its most developed area. The developed area in Chaguaramas starts at ALCOA and ends at the Army and Coast Guard camps on the mainland. In the description or context of "developed area" one excludes the five islands which are in various stages of development or redevelopment as of 2016. Most of the roadway in Chaguaramas lies close to the coastline and one can view the sea from the winding road. Chaguaramas is about 14 km from Port of Spain. Leasing of Chaguaramas to the United States The entire peninsula was leased to the United States in 1940 for the construction of a naval base, Naval Base Trinidad, under the ''Destroyers for Bases Agreement''. The base was also used during the early 1960s as a BMEWS early warning radar site, as well as a missile ...
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