La Brea
La Brea is a town in southwestern Trinidad, located northeast of Point Fortin and southwest of San Fernando. La Brea is best known as the site of the Pitch Lake, a natural asphalt lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 3,070 residents
- Description: locality in Trinidad and Tobago
- Also known as: “La Brea Village” and “La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pitch Lake.
Pitch Lake
Archaeological site
Photo: Vialva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of bitumen in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons. It is located in Trinidad and Tobago, more specifically in La Brea in southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Techier and Fyzabad.
Techier
Quarter
Techier is a community in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in south-western Trinidad and is administered by the Point Fortin Borough Corporation. Techier is situated 10 km southwest of La Brea.
Fyzabad
Town
Fyzabad is a town in southwestern Trinidad, 13 km south of San Fernando, west of Siparia and northeast of Point Fortin. It is named after the town of Faizabad in India. Colloquially it is known as "Fyzo" by many people. Fyzabad is situated 10 km southeast of La Brea.
Point Fortin
Photo: Grueslayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Fortin is the main town in the lightly populated deep south peninsula of Trinidad. It is not far from the city of San Fernando, it is the gateway to the rich treasure of coastline on both the Gulf of Paria and the Atlantic.
La Brea
Latitude
10.23711° or 10° 14′ 14″ northLongitude
-61.61589° or 61° 36′ 57″ westPopulation
3,070Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
772W69PM+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1452374968OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3574353Wikidata ID
Q3206869
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“La Brea” goes by many names.
- Basque: “La Brea (Trinidad eta Tobago)”
- Basque: “La Brea”
- Bavarian: “La Brea”
- Catalan: “La Brea”
- Chinese: “拉布雷阿”
- Dutch: “La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago”
- Estonian: “La Brea”
- French: “La Brea”
- German: “La Brea”
- Japanese: “ラ・ブレア”
- Polish: “La Brea”
- Spanish: “La Brea (Trinidad y Tobago)”
- Spanish: “La Brea”
- Urdu: “لا بریا، ٹرینیڈاڈ و ٹوباگو”
- “La Brea”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include TTPost and La Brea Basketball Court.
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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 “La Brea”. Photo: Vialva, CC BY-SA 3.0.