Mayaro–Rio Claro Explained

Mayaro–Rio Claro
Official Name:Region of Mayaro–Rio Claro
Other Name:MRCRC
Settlement Type:Region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Historic Counties
Subdivision Name1:Mayaro and Nariva
Subdivision Type2:Former Regions
Subdivision Name2:Mayaro
Rio Claro
Subdivision Type3:Coastline
Subdivision Name3:Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates:10.2979°N -61.0067°W
Seat:Mayaro
Seat Type:Capital
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:17 July 1992[1]
Area Total Km2:814
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:35,650
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:Atlantic Standard Time
Utc Offset1:-4
Timezone1 Dst:-4
Area Code:+1 (868) 630, 644

Mayaro–Rio Claro is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Mayaro–Rio Claro Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of . The Mayaro–Rio Claro Regional Corporation is headquartered in Rio Claro. Other towns include Mayaro.

The region possesses many beach front properties and Trinidad's largest reservoir of natural gas and crude oil along its eastern coast. It includes the Ortoire Block, an 184sqkm resource exploration area where Trinidad's largest onshore natural gas discovery was found in the Ortoire syncline.[2]

Mayaro–Rio Claro Regional Corporation

The Corporation's area of responsibility comprises 39 discrete communities. It has the second largest landmass of any Regional Corporation in Trinidad. The Regional Corporation is governed by the Municipal Corporation's Act No. 8 of 1992 and is one of fourteen such bodies under the Ministry of Local Government. Two of the 41 Trinidadian electoral districts are located in Mayaro–Rio Claro: Mayaro and Moruga/Tableland.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Act No.8 of 1992 . DIGITAL LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY . Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . 28 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Moonan . Xavier . Record-Breaking Gas Discoveries in the Ortoire Syncline . aapg.org . December 17, 2020 . August 2020.