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Diego Martin () is a Borough of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 127.53 km2. Urban areas within the region include Carenage,
Diego Martin Diego Martin () is a town and is the urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern border, west of the capital city of Port of Spain and east of the ...
, Maraval and parts of Saint James. The local government body is the Diego Martin Borough Corporation (formerly known as the Diego Martin Regional Corporation). On Thursday 19 November 2020, while addressing the public on the re-opening of the Diego Martin South Community Centre, Prime Minister and MP for Diego Martin West Dr Keith Rowley announced that Diego Martin, along with
Siparia Siparia is a town in southern Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago, south of San Fernando, southwest of Penal and Debe and southeast of Fyzabad. History Also called "The Sand City", Siparia was originally a non- Mission Amerindian settlement. ...
, would be elevated to borough status in 2021. Both Diego Martin and Siparia were declared boroughs in 2023. In the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Miscellaneous Provisions (Establishment of the Borough of Diego Martin and the Borough of Siparia) Act, No. 6 or 2023 was assented to and enacted by Parliament on June 09, 2023 and same was proclaimed into operation by Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on June 20, 2023.


Demographics


Ancestry


Elected Areas (Districts)

* Morne Coco/ Alyce Glen * Glencoe/Goodwood/La Puerta * Moka/Boissiere #2 * St. Lucien/Cameron * Bagatelle/Blue Basin * Covigne/Rich Plain * Diamond Vale * Cocorite/Petit Valley * Belle Vue/Boisierre #1 * Chaguaramas/Point Cumana


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Local Government Corporations
from Nalis, the National Library and Information Service of Trinidad and Tobago. * https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/24/mp-corporation-chair-optimistic-about-diego-martin-borough-status/ {{Authority control Regions of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad (island)