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Region in Trinidad and Tobago
Penal–Debe PDRC
Region
Penal–Debe Regional Corporation
Motto: Foward 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
CapitalPenal
Government
 • BodyPenal–Debe Regional Corporation
 • ChairmanGowtam Maharaj
Area
 • Total246.91 km (95.33 sq mi)
Population
 • Total89,392
 • Density363/km (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
Websitepdrctt.org

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%.

References

  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. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. "Nature of the PDRC – Penal Debe Regional Corporation".

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