Arouca, Tunapuna-Piarco Region, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
🇹🇹 Arouca (originally San Agustín de Arouca) is a town in the East–West Corridor of Trinidad and Tobago located 19 km (12 mi) 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 María Chacón'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 centre, 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 comprises residential housing. There are several schools located in Arouca including the Bon Air Primary School, Arouca Anglican Primary School, Arouca Girls R.C., Arouca Boys R.C., Arouca Government Primary Schools and Bon Air High School.
Arouca is home to four prisons and one correctional facility. These include the Golden Grove Prison, Remand Prison, Women's Prison and Youth Training and Rehabilitation Centre.
Port of Spain Time
Arouca has a population of over 10,869 people. Arouca also forms part of the wider Tunapuna-Piarco Region which has a population of over 212,825 people. Arouca is situated near Tunapuna.
🇹🇹 Port of Spain 10.654
🇵🇭 Bacolod City 10.677
🇻🇪 Catia La Mar 10.6
🇮🇳 Udumalaippettai 10.586
🇻🇳 Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 10.583
🇹🇹 Sangre Grande 10.567
🇹🇹 Sangre Grande -61.133
🇲🇶 Fort-de-France -61.067
🇲🇶 La Trinité -60.97
🇦🇷 San Lorenzo -60.733
🇦🇷 Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz -60.7
Locations Near: Arouca -61.3333,10.6333
🇹🇹 Tunapuna -61.383,10.633 d: 5.5
🇹🇹 San Juan -61.45,10.652 d: 12.9
🇹🇹 Chaguanas -61.4,10.517 d: 14.9
🇹🇹 Port of Spain -61.511,10.654 d: 19.5
🇹🇹 Sangre Grande -61.133,10.567 d: 23.1
🇹🇹 Couva -61.45,10.417 d: 27.3
🇹🇹 Diego Martin -61.567,10.717 d: 27.1
🇹🇹 Princes Town -61.383,10.267 d: 41.1
🇹🇹 San Fernando -61.455,10.28 d: 41.5
Antipodal to: Arouca 118.667,-10.633
🇮🇩 Sumbawa 118.083,-8.783 d: 19799.7
🇮🇩 Bima 118.717,-8.45 d: 19772.3
🇮🇩 Sumbawa Besar 117.417,-8.5 d: 19741.1
🇮🇩 Taliwang 116.867,-8.733 d: 19726
🇮🇩 Selong 116.533,-8.65 d: 19693.6
🇮🇩 Gerung 116.117,-8.717 d: 19663.6
🇮🇩 Mataram 116.117,-8.583 d: 19654.4
🇮🇩 Tanjung 116.15,-8.35 d: 19640.1