Pointe-à-Pierre
Pointe-à-Pierre is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest oil refinery which used to be run by Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: town in Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago
- Also known as: “Pointe-a-Pierre”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manny Ramjohn Stadium and Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Sports venue
The Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, located in Marabella, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for long-distance runner Manny Ramjohn, the first person to win a gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago in a major international sporting event.
Brian Lara Cricket Academy
Stadium
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy is a multi-purpose stadium in Tarouba, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, that was completed and inaugurated in 2017. It will be used mostly for cricket matches. Brian Lara Cricket Academy is situated 3½ km southeast of Pointe-à-Pierre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marabella and Gasparillo.
Marabella
Suburb
Photo: Grueslayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marabella is a town in southern Trinidad, located between San Fernando and Pointe-à-Pierre. Early 19th-century maps highlighted it as Marabella Junction because of the railway intersection to Williamsville and other central areas.
Gasparillo
Town
Gasparillo is a settlement in southern Trinidad. It lies east of Pointe-à-Pierre and northeast of San Fernando. The population is 16,426. The name Gasparillo is applied not only to Gasparillo area, but also the surrounding communities including Bonne Aventure, Reform and Whiteland.
Claxton Bay
Village
Claxton Bay is a community in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in Central Trinidad, south of Couva and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando and is administered by the Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo Regional Corporation. Claxton Bay is situated 3½ km north of Pointe-à-Pierre.
Pointe-à-Pierre
- Category: locality
- Location: Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
10.32287° or 10° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
-61.44532° or 61° 26′ 43″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)United Nations Location Code
TT PTPOpen location code
772W8HF3+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 536005315OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3573902Wikidata ID
Q5549687
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Pointe-à-Pierre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮埃尔角村”
- Dutch: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
- French: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
- Indonesian: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
- Portuguese: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
- Russian: “Пуэнт-а-Пьер”
- Spanish: “Petrotrin”
- Spanish: “Point-a-Pierre”
- Spanish: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
- Spanish: “Trintoc”
- Urdu: “پوائنٹ اے پیئر”
- Welsh: “Pointe-à-Pierre”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust and Pointe-à-Pierre Train Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pointe-à-Pierre”. Photo: Christianwelsh, Public domain.