Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
- Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
Arouca is a town in the "East-West Corridor" of Trinidad and Tobago located 19 km (12 miles) east of Port of Spain, along the Eastern Main Road. It is located west of Arima, east of Tunapuna and Tacarigua, south of Lopinot, and north of Piarco. It is governed by the Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation. Arouca may be a corruption of "Arauca", an Amerindian tribe.
During most of the Spanish rule, Arouca was a settlement reserved for Amerindians. However, when the French arrived in 1783 under Governor José Chacon's "Cedula de Repoblación" the Amerindians were restricted to Arima. Most of the land in Arouca was split between the Tablau and Chaumet families. Arouca steadily grew into a major agricultural center, but the extension of the railroad to Sangre Grande in 1898 lured many people in Arouca to relocate to the more prosperous Sangre Grande valley.
Today, it mainly compromises of residential housing. There is the Bon Air Primary School, Arouca Anglican, Arouca Girl R.C Arouca Boys R.C and Arouca Government Primary Schools. There is one newly built secondary school- Bon Air High School.
Golden Grove Prison is located in Arouca.
References
*cite book | author=Anthony, Michael | title=Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago | publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London | year=2001 |id=ISBN 0-8108-3173-2
Links
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arouca-trinidad/ Arouca Community Mailing list]
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