Guayaguayare

Guayaguayare (often simply called Guaya) is primarily a fishing village, but it also plays a major role in the petroleum industry.

The largest petroleum producers in the country - BP Trinidad & Tobago (bpTT), BHP and Petrotrin all have major presences here and bpTT controls the Port of Guayaguayare, which services most of the offshore petroleum production in Trinidad.

Guayaguayare was the first area in Trinidad sighted by Christopher Columbus on July 31, 1498.

Guayaguayare also has a prominent place in the history of the oil industry - it was the site of the first commercially viable wells drilled in Trinidad by Randolph Rust and Lee Lum in May 1902.

It is the birthplace of Jillian Richardson who won a silver medal for Canada at the 1984 Olympics in the 4x400 metres.