Penal

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Penal
Town
Penal Penal (Trinidad and Tobago)
Coordinates: 10°10′N 61°28′W / 10.167°N 61.467°W / 10.167; -61.467
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]