Penal–Debe region is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Penal–Debe Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 246.91 km². Urban areas within Penal–Debe include Penal, where the corporation is headquartered, and Debe. The region is noted as a heartland of Indo-Trinidadian culture with Indians making up the vast majority of the region at 71% and the largest religion in the region being Hinduism at 43%.[2][3]

Penal–Debe
PDRC
Penal–Debe Regional Corporation
Motto: 
Forward in Unity
Location of Penal–Debe
Coordinates: 10°10′08″N 61°25′52″W / 10.169°N 61.431°W / 10.169; -61.431
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
Founded13 September 1990[1]
CapitalPenal
Government
  BodyPenal–Debe Regional Corporation
  ChairmanGowtam Maharaj
Area
  Total
246.91 km2 (95.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total
89,392
  Density363/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
Websitepdrctt.org

References

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  1. "Act No. 21 of 1990". DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY. Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Population and Housing Census Demographic Report (PDF) (Report). Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. "Nature of the PDRC – Penal Debe Regional Corporation".
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