Place:Point Fortin, Saint Patrick, Trinidad and Tobago

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NamePoint Fortin
TypeTown
Coordinates10.2°N 61.683°W
Located inSaint Patrick, Trinidad and Tobago
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Point Fortin, officially the Republic Borough of Point Fortin, the smallest Borough in Trinidad and Tobago is located in southwestern Trinidad, about southwest of San Fernando, in the historic county of Saint Patrick. After the discovery of petroleum in the area in 1906 the town grew into a major oil-producing centre. The town grew with the oil industry between the 1940s and 1980s, culminating in its elevation to borough status in 1980. After the end of the oil boom Point Fortin was hit hard by economic recession in the 1980s and the closure of its oil refinery. Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas plant by Atlantic LNG in late 1990s boosted the economy.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Point Fortin. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Point_Fortin%2C_Saint_Patrick%2C_Trinidad_and_Tobago"