Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

is divided into seven regions, five boroughs, two city corporations and one ward.

Trinidad

The following are the municipalities and regions created after the amendment of Act No. 8 of 1992: The following regions were merged after the amendment of Act No. 8 of 1992: Before 1990, Trinidad was divided into eight counties.

Tobago

Tobago Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger islan ...

is a ward of Trinidad and Tobago and is governed locally by the

Tobago House of Assembly The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) is a unicameralism, unicameral autonomous administrative division, devolved legislature, legislative body responsible for the island of Tobago within the unitary state of Trinidad and Tobago. The THA was re-es ...

. Historically, Tobago was divided into seven parishes (Saint Andrew,

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and

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). In 1768 each parish of Tobago had nominated representatives to the

. On 20 October 1889 the British crown implemented a Royal

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constituting Tobago as a ward of Trinidad, thus terminating local government on Tobago and formed a unified colony government. In 1945 when the county council system was first introduced, Tobago was administered as a single county of Trinidad. In 1980 provisions were made for the Tobago House of Assembly to be revived as an entity providing local government in Tobago. Under the revived system, Tobago is made up of 15 local electoral districts since 2021, previously 12 districts, with each district electing one Assemblyman to the THA.

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2000 Census
Total Population by Sex, Sex Ratio and Area 2000 * * *

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Ministry of Local Government WebsiteSan Fernando City Corporation
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