Our Region

The Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation came into being following the introduction of Act #21 of 1990. Its boundaries extend from St.Joseph in the west of Wallerfield in the East and from Blanchisseuse in the North to Cunupia in the South.
Geographically, the region covers over 527 square kilometers and is one of the largest physical areas of the fourteen Regional municipalities in the country. There are seventy –one distinct local communities and they range from urban such as Curepe, St. Augustine, Trincity, Tacarigua and Arouca to urban/commercial to rural/agriculture in nature such as Blanchisseuse, Brasso Seco, La Laja and Heights of Gunapo.