San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago (tto)

San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago ranks 2,393rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Waiblingen, Horten, and Bithynia. Memorable people born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago include George Maxwell Richards, Hasely Crawford, and Christine Kangaloo. San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes. San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago is located in Trinidad and Tobago.

San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando, is the most populous city and second most populous municipality in Trinidad and Tobago, after Chaguanas. Sando, as it is known to many local Trinidadians, occupies 19 km2 and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad. It is bounded to the north by the Guaracara River, the south by the Oropouche River, the east by the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, and the west by the Gulf of Paria. The former borough was elevated to the status of a city corporation on 18 November 1988. The motto of San Fernando is: "Sanitas Fortis" - In a Healthy Environment We Will Find Strength. San Fernando is called Trinidad and Tobago's "industrial capital" because of its proximity to the Pointe-à-Pierre oil refinery and many other petrochemical, LNG, iron and steel and aluminium smelters in places such as Point Lisas in Couva, Point Fortin, and La Brea. Read more on Wikipedia