Mayaro–Rio Claro

Mayaro–Rio Claro
MRCRC
Regional Corporation
Logo of the Mayaro-Rio Claro Regional Corporation.
Official name: Region of Mayaro–Rio Claro
Country  Trinidad and Tobago
Counties Mayaro and Nariva
Coastline Atlantic Ocean
Borders on Princes Town, Sangre Grande,
Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
Capital Mayaro
 - center South Trinidad
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Lowest point
 - location Atlantic Ocean, Trinidad and Tobago
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Area 814 km2 (314 sq mi)
Population 35,650 (2011)
Density 44/km2 (114/sq mi)
Founded 1990
Government
 - location Rio Claro
Leader Glen Ram
Timezone Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4)
 - summer (DST) -4
Area code +1 (868) 630, 644
Location of Mayaro-Rio Claro in Trinidad
Website: http://mayarorioclaro.com/

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 852.81 km². The Rio Claro–Mayaro Regional Corporation is headquartered in Rio Claro. Other towns include Mayaro and Guayaguayare. The region possesses many beaches front and Trinidad's largest reservoir of natural gas and crude oil along its eastern coast.

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. 21 of 1990 and is one of fourteen such bodies under the Ministry of Local Government. Two of the 41 Trinidadian electroral districts are located in Mayaro–Rio Claro: Mayaro and Moruga/Tableland.

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