The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality 2000 census and fastest-growing town in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in Central Trinidad about 18 km south of Port of Spain. It grew in size due to its proximity to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery. It remained a minor town until the 1980s when it began to grow rapidly. Although it originally drew people for bargain shopping and moderately-priced housing, the growth of the town has seen property values increase dramatically. Chaguanas became a borough in 1990; prior to that it was part of the County of Caroni. The current mayor is... His Worship Mr. Orlando Nagessar and the Borough Council is dominated by the United National Congress. Chaguanas was named for the Chaguanes Amerindian tribe. The area was settled by the time of the British conquest of Trinidad in 1797 . The town originated on what was then H.E. Robinson's sugar estate adjacent to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery and the De Verteuil coconut and cocoa estate to the north and east. Construction of the Trinidad Government Railway helped the town grow.
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