Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine; San Agustín
	Town
	St. Augustine
	Saint Augustine
	Coordinates: 10°38′45″N 61°23′58″W
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Region	Tunapuna–Piarco
Named for	St. Augustine of Hippo
Population (2011)
• Total	4,844
	Ranked
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

St. Augustine is a town in the northwest of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.

Town

It is the site of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine (UWI-STA). St. Augustine is home to thousands of university students and is now being converted to a university town as the economy of the area is fuelled significantly by the spending power of the 60 000 plus university population. Many houses in the general university area have been converted to students' accommodation, but due to the lack of fee regulation, they are generally more than double the cost of university housing. Four of the five halls of residence provided by the University are located here, namely St. John's Hall, Freedom Hall (previously named Milner Hall), Canada Hall, and Trinity Hall.

St. John's Road in St. Augustine is the main access road for Mount St. Benedict, one of the notable historic sites in Trinidad and Tobago. On the mount, one can find a Catholic Church along with a monastery and a factory where yogurt is made. On this road, there is also the St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church. The church is opposite to a Community Centre, which underwent renovations and now houses a new field for the residents to engage in football, one of the more popular sports of this area.

St. Augustine is also home to the Hugh Wooding Law School, a prestigious law school which attracts many inter-island students of the Caribbean and beyond. Further educational establishments include St. Augustine Girls' High School and Lakshmi Girls' Hindu College. In close proximity to the law school is the Seismic Research Center, which is the official source of information on earthquakes and volcanoes in the English-speaking Caribbean. It is the headquarters of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha.

Notable persons

Ian McDonald, writer, * 1933.

Gallery

Mount St. Benedict
UWI Campus

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