| La Horquetta | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tunapuna–Piarco |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Arima |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 350462 |
| Area Code: | 643 |
La Horquetta is a mixed neighbourhood in south Arima, 9 km (5 mi) south of the Arima town center[1] in east Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the south-eastern corner of the Tunapuna–Piarco region. La Horquetta is bounded by the Churchill–Roosevelt Highway to the north, Arima river to the west, Brazil river to the south, and the Aripo Savannas to the east, and is adjacent to two other Arima neighborhoods: Malabar to the north, and Carapo to the east. La Horquetta is divided into 9 sections: Single Units, Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5, Phase 6, Phase 7 and the newly built Greenvale Park. It is the home of the first regenerative agricultural Eco park in Trinidad by Green Army TT located in phase two. It also claims the title of being the largest housing project completed by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
La Horquetta's bus network provides extensive service across the neighborhood, as well as to the borough center of Arima in central Arima, and to the country's capital city of Port of Spain. Nearly all bus lines serving La Horquetta terminate there; most do so at the last stop for the La Horquetta route at the Phase 7 bus stop.
There is also an extensive Yellow School Bus servicing the Primary Schools and Early Childhood learning centers in the neighborhood as well as the outskirts.
La Horquetta's public schools are operated by the Ministry of Education. There are no secondary or high schools in La Horquetta. Public primary schools in La Horquetta include La Horquetta North Government School and [2] La Horquetta South Government School.[3]
La Horquetta has La Horquetta Early Childhood Care And Education Center.
The La Horquetta health center is a government-owned health facility for the neighborhood, located in Phase 3 next to the Post Office, and is the only health facility in the La Horquetta neighborhood.
There are 6 established churches in the neighborhood.