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Penal | |
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Town | |
  Penal Penal (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
| Coordinates: 10°10′N 61°28′W / 10.167°N 61.467°W | |
| Country |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Region | Penal–Debe |
| Settled | c. 1875-80[2] |
| Government | |
| • Councilor | Shanty Boodram[3] |
| • Member of Parliament | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Siparia) and Davendranath Tancoo (Oropouche West)[4] |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 12,281[1] |
| Ranked 10th | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Postal Code | 71xxxx[5] |
| Area code | 868[6] |
| Telephone Exchange | 647[7] |
| Official language | English |
Penal is a town in south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando, Princes Town, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia. Penal is noted as a heartland of Hindu and Indo-Trinidadian culture.[8]
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- ^ "Debe in History".
- ^ "Local Gov't Candidates | UNC". Archived from the original on 2013-10-24.
- ^ "Interactive District Map | Elections and Boundaries Commission".
- ^ "List of Postal Districts.XLSX - Microsoft Excel Online". Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ^ "Trinidad & Tobago Telephone Exchange".
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- ^ https://pdrctt.org/nature-of-the-pdrc/