Curepe is a town in the
East–West Corridor
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of
Trinidad and Tobago
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. It is located west of
St Augustine
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and east of
St Joseph
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. Curepe adjacents the St. Augustine campus of the
University of the West Indies
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. Many of the students attending the university live in Curepe.
Curepe began as a crossroads, where the
Southern Main Road ran south. Although the Southern Main Road has largely been supplanted by highways, Curepe remains an important transportation hub for private taxis and
maxi taxis which ply the route south to
San Fernando and
Chaguanas
The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality (83,489 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing
– Afra ...
.
Curepe is administered by the
Tunapuna–Piarco Regional Corporation.
Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago
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