Arima

Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and 2nd largest in region of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjoining to Sangre Grande and Arouca on the southcentral foothills of the Northern Range. To the south is the Caroni Arena Dam. Coterminous with Town of Arima due to the fact that 1888, the borough of Arima is the fourth-biggest municipality in population in the us of a after Port of Spain, Chaguanas and San Fernando. The census anticipated it had 33,606 residents in 2011. In 1887, the town petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal fame as part of her Golden Jubilee birthday celebration.

This become granted in the following year, and Arima have become a Royal Borough on 1 August 1888. Historically the 1/3-biggest city of Trinidad and Tobago, Arima is fourth considering Chaguanas became the biggest city within the U.S.A.. Arima hosts an annual Borough Day anniversary birthday party in August. The birthday celebration carries Carnival-fashion avenue parades and generally coincides with the staging of the Santa Rosa Carib Community annual pageant. The annual Arima Carnival includes avenue parades of masqueraders on Carnival Tuesday, J'ouvert bands on Carnival Monday, as well as a nearby calypso opposition.