Diego Martin

For other uses, see Diego Martin (disambiguation).
Diego Martin
Town
Aerial view of Westmoorings and Glencoe, Diego Martin
Aerial view of Westmoorings and Glencoe, Diego Martin
Map
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
BoroughDiego Martin
Named forDon Diego Martin Garraway
Government
 • TypeBorough Corporation
 • MayorAkeliah Glasgow
 • Deputy MayorValiesha Sookdar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
25,370
 • Rank8th
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Postal Code
15xxxx[1]
Area code(s)+1 (868)-632, 633, 637, 694, 695

Diego Martin is a town and is the urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern border, west of the capital city of Port of Spain and east of the town of Carenage. Diego Martin town in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small valleys but is now a densely populated area. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego Martín.[2] The area was settled by French planters and their slaves in the 1780s. It consists of a cluster of communities including Congo Village, Diamond Vale, Green Hill, Patna Village, Petit Valley, Blue Range, La Puerta Avenue, Four Roads, Rich Plain, River Estate, Blue Basin, Water Wheel, West Moorings, Bagatelle and Sierra Leone.

Petit Valley extends from the Four Roads area all the way through the hills of the Northern Range crossing over into Maraval. The Maple Leaf (Canadian) International School is located in Petit Valley. Petit Valley is the birthplace of West Indian cricketer Learie Nicholas Constantine.[3]

"Patna" reflects the settlement of Indo-Trinidadian indentured labourers, while "Congo" and "Sierra Leone" refer to free African indentured labourers.[2] Places to visit include the historical Waterwheel and the Blue Basin waterfalls, especially the magnificent Blue Basin waterfall.

The town area is administered by the Diego Martin Borough Corporation and is the birth home of Empress Shebah 'Ra III[4] and the home town of Miss Universe 1998, Wendy Fitzwilliam.

  1. ^ "List of Postal Districts". TTPOST. July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "The early days in Diego Martin". Trinidad Express. February 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Baron Constantine Profile". ESPN Cric Info. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  4. ^ "Empress Shebah 'Ra – Queen of Nubia". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.