Penal–Debe | |
Motto: | Foward in Unity |
Official Name: | Penal–Debe Regional Corporation |
Other Name: | PDRC |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Coordinates: | 10.169°N -61.431°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 13 September 1990[1] |
Governing Body: | Penal–Debe Regional Corporation |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Gowtam Maharaj |
Area Total Km2: | 246.91 |
Population Total: | 89,392 |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Density Km2: | 363 |
Timezone1: | AST |
Utc Offset1: | -4 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Penal |
Penal–Debe region is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Penal–Debe Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 246.91 km². Urban areas within Penal–Debe include Penal, where the corporation is headquartered, and Debe. The region is noted as a heartland of Indo-Trinidadian culture with Indians making up the vast majority of the region at 71% and the largest religion in the region being Hinduism at 43%.[2] [3]